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Before we share our other helmet safety message (an encore posting of The Great Helmet flying over San Francisco) we did want to share a few resources.
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Information on our bike helmet standard. We regulate bike helmets which is why we share safety information about bike helmets:https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Business-Education/Business-Guidance/Bicycle-Helmets …
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Information on bicycle standards which some of you may find fascinating:https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Business-Education/Business-Guidance/Bicycle-Requirements …
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The portal to our National Electronic Injury Surveillance System. You can download a spreadsheet of injury data ("Archived Annual NEISS Data") and search for bike injuries that mention helmets. We have data from 1998 to 2017:https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/NEISSQuery/home.aspx …
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If you're wondering what the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System is and how it works:https://www.cpsc.gov/Research--Statistics/NEISS-Injury-Data/Neiss-Frequently-Asked-Questions …
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There were an estimated 457,000 bicycle-related injuries in 2017 according to our 2017 NEISS Highlights report: https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/2017-Neiss-data-highlights.pdf?3i3POG9cN.rIyu2ggrsUkD1XU_zoiFRP … (pdf)
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