Bicycle Helmet Law New Zealand

It was claimed that the bicycle helmet law in new zealand reduced head injuries to adult cyclists by 28 povey l j frith w j graham p g 1999.

Bicycle helmet law new zealand. The societal perspective of costs is used for the purchase of helmets and the value of injuries averted. Cycle helmet effectiveness in new zealand. The nz government stated that the aim was to protect bicyclists from themselves not from motor vehicle impacts. The societal perspective of costs is used for the.

Bicycle helmets have been mandatory in new zealand since january 1994. Accident analysis and prevention 31 763 770. Three age groups were examined. This paper examines the cost effectiveness of the compulsory bicycle helmet wearing law hwl introduced in new zealand on 1 january 1994.

New zealand is the only country apart from australia which actively enforces mandatory all age bicycle helmet laws nationally although adults are exempt in the northern territory of australia. My goal is to provide factual data from reliable sources relating strictly to bicycle helmet law and use in new zealand not insert personal argumentation about why the law is good or bad. This is augmented with healthcare costs averted from reduced head injuries. The statute delineated in part 11 of the land transport road user rule 2004 sr 2004 427 states that a person must not ride or be carried on a bicycle on a road unless the person is wearing a safety helmet of an approved standard that is securely fastened.

The new zealand helmet law came into effect from 1st january 1994. John wren ph d senior analyst safekids po box 19544 avondale auckland 7. But by reverting all the edits you ve reintroduced numerous problems into the article severely compromising its objectivity accuracy and relevance. New zealand has the most rigorously enforced and successful all age mandatory bicycle helmet law in the world with a helmet wearing rate consistently around 93 since enactment in 1994.

This paper examines the cost effectiveness of the compulsory bicycle helmet wearing law hwl introduced in new zealand on 1 january 1994. It applies to bicycle riders of all ages but not to the riders of other types of cycle unicycles tricycles quadricycles etc. This is augmented with healthcare costs averted from reduced head injuries. The societal perspective of costs is used for the purchase of helmets and the value of injuries averted.

This paper examines the cost effectiveness of the compulsory bicycle helmet wearing law hwl introduced in new zealand on 1 january 1994. Fact fiction and moving forward author.