Ozark Cycling Club provides helmets for youngsters
The
Ozark Cycling Club is running a campaign to provide helmets to young cyclists and encourage bicyclists to wear helmets. The
Springfield News-Leader story included this interesting fact:
Contrary to a common impression, bicycle-vehicle collisions aren't responsible for most bicycle-related head injuries.
Statistics for 2003 indicate that in Springfield most head injury accidents occur close to a child's home and involve falls, Holt said.
MoBikeFed has a summary of bicycle injury statistics in Missouri that reaches this same conclusion about bicycle injuries in general.
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12/28/2004 08:32:45 AM | on this article