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USD 1.55 million for defective helmet
An engineer and father of two small children, fell from his bike and landed on hi
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Its scope, compliance and effect
Intended and unintended consequences of youth bicycle helmet laws 
Study of 20 states where "the laws significantly reduced youth bicycling". Has weaknesses.
The effect of bicycle helmet legislation on bicycling fatalities
Fatalities reduce by 15% in the long term, but "there must be other time-varying factors that influence juvenile bicycling fatalities more than helmet laws", such as the US national 21% reduction in bicycle use associated with a 12% reduction in fatalities.
Cyclists requiring treatment in US hospitals 1991 to 2000
A discussion about its limitations
NEISS data on bicyclist injuries
1991 to 2005
Participation in bicycling in the USA
Trends in bicycling and mountain biking.