Summary of novelty helmet performance testing.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) tested seven popular “novelty” helmets to determine how they compare to properly certified helmets. The novelty helmets all performed significantly worse, based on their lack of ability to absorb impact energy during a motorcycle crash. Novelty helmets, in general, had very little, if any, impact-absorbing capability. Computer simulations of head impact attenuation tests show a 100-percent probability of brain injuries and/or skull fracture for the person involved in a crash while wearing a novelty helmet. (Author/publisher)

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20071878 ST [electronic version only]
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Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, National Center for Statistics & Analysis NCSA, 5 p.; NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts Research Note ; April 2007 / DOT HS 810 752

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