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Traumatic brain injuries account for an estimated 34% of all injury deaths in the United States. Considering those brain injuries severe enough to require hospitalization, virtually half (49%) are caused by motor vehicle accidents. Hospitalizations and fatalities were 10 times higher for motorcycle accidents as compared with other vehicle accidents. The lifetime care costs for one person surviving a severe TBI can reach over $4 million.

Motorcycle helmets provide protection for motorcycle drivers for all types and locations of head injuries, and, contrary to a popular misconception, are not associated with increased neck injuries. Studies indicate that the risk of brain injury in hospitalized motorcyclists is nearly twice that for unhelmeted motorcyclists and that unhelmeted drivers had acute care costs three times that of helmeted drivers. In California, the first year's implementation of the 1992 helmet law resulted in a 37.5% decrease in statewide motorcycle crash fatalities over the previous year; those likely to sustain TBI-related impairments decreased 34%. Helmut use can also eliminate the insurance companies use of a defense based on "contributory negligence"

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