The Health Impact of Mandatory Bicycle Helmet Laws

Jong, Piet de

doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01785.x

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“…Numerous of these kinds of risk analyses exist in other research traditions, which are mostly applied to determine safety risks and risks in project management (e.g., Keeney and Von Winterfeldt 2011;De Jong 2012). In risk analysis, a risk can be defined as the probability for some adverse effect to occur given some conditions (risk factors).…”

Section: Risk Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk-based educational accountability in Dutch primary education

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A recent development in educational accountability is a risk-based approach, in which intensity and frequency of school inspections vary across schools to make educational accountability more efficient and effective by enabling inspectorates to focus on organizations at risk. Characteristics relevant in predicting which schools are Bat risk on adverse effects^and robustness of results of risk-based analyses over multiple cohorts were assessed by an empirical analysis of Dutch primary schools. Adverse effects were defined as below average final achievement and/or below average value added. School composition, previous underperformance, insufficient judgments on having a systematic evaluation approach, evaluation of support, and monitoring student performance appeared as factors related to subsequent underperformance of schools. Although a rich set of possible risk factors was available, further investigation of a large number of schools is required in order to find nearly all underperforming schools. However, a group of about 40 % of the schools showed very small risk on underperformance, which represents the efficiency gain when risk-based school accountability would be applied. Furthermore, whether schools are (in)accurately classified in the risk analysis as Bat-risk^schools depends heavily on the chosen caesura.

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Section: Risk Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk-based educational accountability in Dutch primary education

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“…Some countries have or debate mandatory helmet wearing laws, which are criticized for putting an (additional) burden on cyclists (Robinson, 2003). Overall, evidence on helmet laws is insufficient to weigh desired injury prevention effects against unintended effects of less people cycling (De Jong, 2012;Fyhri, Bjørnskau, & Backer-Grøndahl, 2012;Grant & Rutner, 2004;Robinson, 2006).…”

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Cycling as a Part of Daily Life: A Review of Health Perspectives

2015

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Health aspects of day-to-day cycling have gained attention from the health sector aiming to increase levels of physical activity, and from the transport and planning sector, to justify investments in cycling. We review and discuss the main pathways between cycling and health under two perspectives -generalizable epidemiological evidence for health effects and specific impact modeling to quantify health impacts in concrete settings. Substantial benefits from physical activity dominate the public health impacts of cycling. Epidemiological evidence is strong and impact modeling is well advanced. Injuries amount to a smaller impact on the population level, but affect crash victims disproportionately and perceived risks deter potential cyclists. Basic data on crash risks are available, but evidence on determinants of risks is limited and impact models are highly dependent on local factors. Risks from air pollution can be assumed to be small, with limited evidence for cycling-specific mechanisms. Based on a large body of evidence, planners, health professionals, and decision-makers can rest assured that benefits from cycling-related physical activity are worth pursuing. Safety improvements should be part of the efforts to promote cycling, both to minimize negative impacts and to lower barriers to cycling for potential riders.

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“…This research was motivated by the recent announcement of this possibility by the Spanish Government. It has been reported that compulsory helmets can result in a decrease in the number of cyclist [28,29], specifically in public bike schemas [30]. In order to confirm and estimate this potential decline in the number of bicyclists in Sevilla, we conducted a survey over 527 cyclists (344 on private bikes and 183 on public bikes) on 13 representative points of the cycle network along November and December of 2013.…”

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Sevilla: a successful experience of bicycle promotion in a Mediterranean context

Marques

Hernández-Herrador

Calvo-Salazar³

2014

The Sustainable City IX

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From 2006 to 2011 Sevilla experienced a rapid growth in urban cycling, from a negligible participation in the modal split up to 9% of the total mechanical trips. This rapid growth was based on some active policies heavily based on the building of a continuous and homogeneous network of segregated cycle paths. In this paper we analyse the main guidelines for the development of this infrastructure, as well as its impact on urban mobility and bicycle traffic safety. We found that the risk of cycling was reduced in parallel to the increase in the number of cyclists, in agreement with the safety in numbers hypothesis. Future trends for further improving bike mobility are also described and analysed. Finally, we make an estimation of the possible effects on bicycle use of a hypothetical compulsory helmet regulation, a possibility that is presently under debate in Spain.

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The Health Impact of Mandatory Bicycle Helmet Laws

Cited by 46 publications

References 20 publications

Risk-based educational accountability in Dutch primary education

Risk-based educational accountability in Dutch primary education

Cycling as a Part of Daily Life: A Review of Health Perspectives

Sevilla: a successful experience of bicycle promotion in a Mediterranean context

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