Bicycle and Mountain Bike Injuries
1991 - 2000
Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Summary: Injury data from CPSC in the decade before the turn of the century.
From injury data gathered in hospital emergency rooms.
Under Under
Total Head 15 yrs 15 head
1991 567,700 66,820 381,450 50,160
1992 607,615 70,616 423,671 55,239
1993 559,197 62,866 377,369 46,516
1994 570,985 65,688 369,207 46,747
1995 553,064 63,216 339,866 42,843
1996 533,501 61,192 335,245 43,201
1997 567,002 61,861 350,546 41,261
1998 597,280 66,890 362,330 43,280
1999 614,590 71,720 378,260 47,920
2000 627,160 73,750 373,090 49,250
Unfortunately, the head injury numbers for kids under 15 are not statistically significant, and even worse, all head injuries in the table are lumped together. You may be looking at a cut chin that required three stitches, or maybe at a severe concussion. But it is sure that you can not tell from these numbers what percentage should have been mitigated by a helmet. If the rider had one.
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