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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme

SOE 15: Poster Session

SOE 15.21: Poster

Mittwoch, 28. März 2012, 16:50–17:50, Poster F

Bicycle Helmets And Accident Risk Of Children Cyclists In Germany — •Ingo R. Keck — University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Bicycle accidents and bicycle helmets are in the focus of the public attention since more than 20 years. In recent years the call for helmet laws is getting more insistend in Germany and countries in the European Union like Austria, the Czech Republic and Sweden have recently introduced helmet laws for children. At the same time information about the effects of helmet use in Germany and other European countries is spare.

In this submission it will be shown that the accident data of children cyclists in Germany in recent years can be described by a simple mathematical model. The most interesting finding is that the data of different age groups leads to very similar model parameters and that increasing helmet usage is connected to a clear increase in risk of severe injury or death.