BMJ  2004;328 (10 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7444.0-b

Eye catching gear may reduce motorcycle injuries

Fluorescent clothing, white or light coloured helmets, and daytime headlights may reduce motorcycle injuries and death. Wells and colleagues (p 857) analysed 463 motorcycle drivers admitted to hospital following a road traffic incident and 1233 other drivers (control group) to evaluate how wearing conspicuous attire affected the risk of having an accident. They found that with reflective or fluorescent clothing the risk of a crash injury was reduced by 37%, with a white helmet by 24%, and with headlights by 27%.

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Motorcycle rider conspicuity and crash related injury: case-control study
Susan Wells, Bernadette Mullin, Robyn Norton, John Langley, Jennie Connor, Roy Lay-Yee, and Rod Jackson
BMJ 2004 328: 857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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