The Impact of Michigan's Partial Repeal of the Universal Motorcycle Helmet Law on Helmet Use, Fatalities, and Head Injuries

To evaluate the impact of the partial repeal of Michigan's universal motorcycle helmet law on helmet use, fatalities, and head injuries. We compared helmet use rates and motorcycle crash fatality risk for the 12 months before and after the April 13, 2012, repeal with a statewide police-reported...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of public health (1971) 2017-01, Vol.107 (1), p.166-172
Hauptverfasser:	Carter, Patrick M, Buckley, Lisa, Flannagan, Carol A C, Cicchino, Jessica B, Hemmila, Mark, Bowman, Patrick J, Almani, Farideh, Bingham, C Raymond
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accidents, Traffic - mortality Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data Adolescent Adult AJPH Research Alcohol Alcoholic beverages Craniocerebral Trauma - epidemiology Craniocerebral Trauma - mortality Crashes Datasets Fatalities Female Gender Head Head injuries Head Protective Devices - statistics & numerical data Health Law Health Policy Health risks Helmets Humans Injuries Injury/Emergency Care/Violence Intervention Intoxication Law Male Michigan - epidemiology Middle Aged Mortality Motorcycles Motorcycles - legislation & jurisprudence Neurosurgery Police Protective equipment Public health Regression Retrospective Studies Risk Speed limits State laws Traffic accidents & safety Trauma Trauma centers
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Zusammenfassung:	To evaluate the impact of the partial repeal of Michigan's universal motorcycle helmet law on helmet use, fatalities, and head injuries. We compared helmet use rates and motorcycle crash fatality risk for the 12 months before and after the April 13, 2012, repeal with a statewide police-reported crash data set. We linked police-reported crashes to injured riders in a statewide trauma registry. We compared head injury before and after the repeal. Regression examined the effect of helmet use on fatality and head injury risk. Helmet use decreased in crash (93.2% vs 70.8%; P
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.2016.303525