Quick Answers!

Frequently Asked Questions.

Buying a helmet?

Buyer's Guide to Bicycle Helmets

Helmets for 2011

Our report on this year's helmets.

Cheap vs. Expensive Helmets

Tests showed same impact protection.

How to fit a helmet

Get the protection you paid for.

Helmet fit checklist

Make sure your fitting worked.

How to inspect a helmet

Points to check and a checklist.

Replacing a helmet

When to replace your helmet.

Mandatory helmet laws

List of laws, debate

Helmets

Helmets Made Simple

Shorter, easier to read.

Very large helmets

For riders with very large heads.

Very small helmets

Can't find a helmet small enough?

Taking your child along?

Things to consider.

Other helmets

Helmets for many different activities.

Helmet and Injury statistics

Stats from many sources

Crash stories

Stories where the helmet worked.

Standards

Standards for bicycle helmets

ASTM, Snell, CPSC, CEN, more.

Quick helmet standard comparison

Drop heights and test lines

Helmet testing

How helmets are lab tested.

Helmet recalls

CPSC actions since 1995.

Teachers

Teachers and student teachers

Classroom materials

A workshop on bike helmets

Points to cover in a workshop.

BHSI

Who we are

We are a non-profit consumer-funded all-volunteer helmet advocacy program. We serve on the ASTM helmet standards subcommittee. We provide materials for helmet programs and a periodic email helmet newsletter, both free. We believe in helmets as a secondary safety measure and supplementing safer roads and education programs. This is our 22nd year, and our 16th year on the Web.

How to support our work!

Funded 100% by consumer donations.

What's New

What we have added or modified.

Media Room

Quote of the Day, quoting our pages

Our publications

Newsletter, pamphlets, more.

Our latest email newsletter

The Helmet Update.

Our contact info:

Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute
4611 Seventh Street South
Arlington, VA 22204-1419 USA
Voice: (703) 486-0100
Email

Last revised on: January 31, 2013.