Motorcycle Accidents Cause Large Numbers of Teens’ Brain Injuries
By Randall E. Appleton, Virginia Brain Injury Attorney
Three percent of all serious accidents involving teens occur when the child crashes or falls from a motorcycle. While that percentage may seem small, it is significant that about one-third of those serious injuries occurred to the head, neck and brains of the injured teens. The numbers are from a University of Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the researchers concluded with a call for mandatory, universal helmet use. The need for helmets becomes evident when considering another statistic from the study: a quarter of teens who suffer brain injuries in motorcycle accidents end up disabled for the rest of their lives.
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