The detailed results of this study are post at this web address:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/motorcycles/pdf/TSF810856.pdfSummaryA study of linked death certificate information reveals that among fatally injured motorcycle riders, there is a direct cor-relation between a head injury and helmet use. In fact, while about 35 percent of the helmeted motorcyclists had a head injury, about 51 percent of the unhelmeted motorcyclists had a head injury.IntroductionThe objective of this research note is to report the bodily loca-tion of injuries to fatally injured motorcycle riders (motorcy-clists). Injury location is recorded on the death certificate by the coroner/medical examiner and is captured in mortality databases under what are known as axis codes. While the severity of the injuries is not recorded, the location of injuries is recorded. Of particular interest in this note is injury to the head and its relationship with helmet use.
About 34 percent of the unhelmeted motorcyclists had two injury codes, both related to head injuries, as compared to 20 percent of helmeted motorcyclists with two injury related record axis codes.ConclusionsAnalysis of linked death certificate information points to a significant correlation between helmet use and injuries to the head among fatally injured motorcycle riders. Slightly more than half of the unhelmeted motorcyclists had one or more injuries to their head as compared to slightly less than a third. A picture of Transportation Secretary Peters is below, she is an avid motorcycle rider.
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