Benefits of Kids Bike Helmets

Let's face it - kids fall of their bikes sometimes! You might not be able to stop this, but you can make sure that they're wearing a properly fitting kid's helmet.

Statistics from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety The IIHS is consistently the best source of bicycle fatality statistics on the web. Their picture of a "typical" bicyclist killed on our roads would be a sober male over 16 not wearing a helmet riding on a major road between intersections in an urban area on a summer evening when hit by a car.

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It's only natural to want the best when it comes to safety gear for your child -- after all, Seattle Children's Hospital estimates that a proper helmet reduces the risk of bike-related head injury by 85 percent.