• More kids ages 5 to 14 go to the hospital emergency departments with injuries related to biking than with any other sport.
  
• Each year, about 567,000 people go to hospital emergency departments with bicycle-related injuries; about 350,000 of those injured are children under 15. Of those children, about 130,000 sustain brain injuries.
  
• Each year, bicycle-related crashes kill about 900 people; about 200 of those killed are children under 15.
  
• Statistics show that between 70 and 80% of all fatal bicycle crashes involve brain injuries.
  
• 90% of bicycle-related deaths involve collisions with motor vehicles.

• The number of people who ride bicycles rose from 66.9 million in 1991 to 80.6 in
  1998.
  
• Distribution of bicycle-related deaths in 1999:
  
  • 37 percent of all deaths occurred between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.
    
  • July, August and September have the highest percentage of bicyle-related deaths.
    
  • Males are seven times more likely to die in bicycle crashes than females.
    
• In 1999, 35 percent of bicycle-related deaths occurred at intersections.
  
• Bicycle incidents are most likely to occur within five blocks of home.
  
• Almost half of all bicycle crashes occur in driveways and on sidewalks.

• In 1997, 813 bicyclists were killed in crashes, an increase of 7 percent from the previous year. Of these, 97 percent were not wearing helmets.
  
• Medical research shows that 85 percent of bicyclists' head injuries can be prevented by a bicycle helmet.
  
• About 50 percent of all bicycle riders in the U.S. regularly wear bicycle helmets - a rise from 18 percent in 1991.
  
• Of the 50 percent of bikers who regularly wear a bike helmet, 43 percent said they always wear a helmet and 7 percent said they wear a helmet more than half of the time.
  
• Universal use of helmets could prevent one death every day and one brain injury every four minutes.
  
• Half of all bike riders, do not wear a helmet regularly, which is the single most effective protection against brain injury.
  
• Having friends or parents who wear bike helmets significantly encourages children to use them.

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