What's New on Our Site
2023
September 30
September 14
Added the CPSC warning not to use Xingdetui Outdoor Kopobob Kids helmets to our
Recalls page.
September 11
September 7
Added the CPSC warning not to use Tengingyue and Cyclingsell helmets to our
Recalls page.
August 31
Revalidated all of our links, revising 23 pages.
August 29
August 27
July 10
Finished a major site cleanup including updating all of our links.
July 2
July 1
June 30
Added a UK article about penalties in some countries for not wearing a helmet to our
helmet laws page.
June 24
Added a Sound Around - Renegade - Hurtle child helmet recall to our
Recalls page.
May 4
May 29
Finished a major site cleanup including updating all of our links.
May 24
Added comments on a
Triathlete article to our
MIPS page.
May 22
May 9
May 5
Added an ebike helmet study to the numbers for sale section of
our Stats page
May 4
April 30
April 22
April 4
April 3
March 31
March 26
Updated DOT statistics on pedalcycle deaths and injuries on our
Stats page.
March 14
Added a link to a Vox article on problems with recalls to our
Recalls page.
March 13
March 12
March 8
Added a link to the UC Davis "Helmet Hair Don't Care" page to our
campus page.
March 2
March 2
February 12
January 31
January 31
January 25
January 20
January 17
January 13
January 7
January 6
January 1, 2023
Posted updates of many pages and handouts for 2023.
2022
December 23
December 14
Posted new statistics from Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia on
our stats page.
December 1
November 30
Posted a Thank You for our Giving Tuesday donors--they keep us going!
November 16
November 2
October 31
September 27
Added a link to Virginia Tech's kayak helmet ratings to our
Other Helmets page.
August 17
Added AAP pediatric statistics to our
Stats page.
Launched a major site cleanup and conversion to CSS.
August 15
July 19
July 12
July 11
July 10
Added statistics from the UK's NCHAP literature review to our
stats page.
July 9
June 13
May 16
May 9
April 28
April 18
Added another report of a visor injury to our
Visors page.
March 24
March 15
February 18
February 14
February 14
February 14
February 7
Added another report of a visor injury to our
Visors page.
February 7
February 6
February 3
February 2
February 1
January 31
January 30
January 25
January 25
January 24
January 14
Added another report of a visor injury to our
Visors page.
January 14
January 13
Added a link to Bike Adviser's crash statistics to our
Stats page.
January 12
January 1, 2022
Posted updates of many pages and handouts for 2022.
2021
November 15
November 10
October 30
Added another market report for sale to our
Stats page.
October 29
March 22
September 18
September 6
June 21
June 8
June 1
June 1
May 27
Added an article by Abayazid et al about rotational helmet testing to our
Journals
page.
April 17
March 22
March 21
Added the CERTIMOOV Euro helmet recommendations to our
Ratings page.
March 18
March 10
March 4
Added CPSC's COVID19 emergency room report to our
Stats page.
February 24
February 22
February 20
Added possible coefficient of restitution concerns to our
airbag page.
January 14
Added Folksam's Euro helmet recommendations to our
Ratings page.
January 12
January 1, 2021
Posted updates of many pages and handouts for 2021.
2020
November 30
September 8
August 30
August 29
August 12
July 31
July 27
July 21
July 21
July 19
July 13
July 9
July 7
July 3
Added ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene shell material to our
liners page.
June 26
June 25
June 17
June 9
April 21
April 10
April 1
March 31
March 15
We are fully functioning despite COVID-19 restrictions.
February 28
Added info on failures of products bought online to our page on
fake helmets
February 18
February 10
January 14
January 3
January 1, 2020
Posted updates of many pages and handouts for 2020.
2019
December 13
December 13
December 12
December 4
November 29
November 26
November 25
November 19
November 19
November 5
Added info on a National Transportation Safety Board study to our
Helmet Laws page
October 3
Added Comodo/Sectigo high-level extended validation security verification for our site.
September 15
September 11
September 11
August 28
August 27
August 26
August 11
August 6
July 27
July 3
May 17
May 5
April 20
April 13
April 13
April 12
April 10
Updated our
ebike page to add more models and links.
April 6
April 3
March 31
March 30
March 19
March 13
February 11
February 3
January 30
January 29
January 6, 2019
January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
Posted updates of many of our pages for 2019.
2018
December 16
Added a photo of a scalp apparently damaged by a MIPS liner to
our MIPS page.
December 14
November 26
November 20
Noted that Time magazine chose the
Lumos helmet as one of their Best Inventions of
2018.
November 13
Added info on a new market research study to
stats page.
October 26
October 25
October 17
October 10
October 5
September 27
September 17
September 16
September 16
August 26
August 23
August 20
August 1
July 1
July 1
June 26
June 22
May 29
May 29
Added info on Snell's MIPS testing to our
MIPS page.
May 25
May 3
Sent
a comment to CPSC on Hövding's petition for exemption from CPSC's bicycle helmet
standard.
March 26
March 26
March 22
March 15
March 15
March 14
March 10
March 8
February 27
February 18
February 8
February 7
January 15
January 10
January 1, 2018
January 1, 2018
Posted updates of many of our pages for 2018.
2017
October 27
October 23
October 16
Linked to a study relating helmet damage scans to injuries on our
Journals page.
October 6
September 28
Purchased a TLS/SSL secure server certificate to encrypt all outgoing and incoming traffic.
September 25
September 23
September 23
September 16
September 13
September 6
August 29
June 18
June 14
June 5
June 5
May 31
Added a 2017 study titled "Bicycle helmet effectiveness is not overstated" to our page of
journal articles.
May 25
May 3
May 2
March 28
March 27
March 24
March 20
January 20
January 5
January 3
January 2, 2017
January 1, 2017
Updated our pamphlets and other materials for the new year.
2016
December 18
December 13
December 1
November 27
November
Revised many pages to acknowledge our transition from a sponsored program to an incorporated 501(c)3 non-profit.
October 6
October 4
October 3
September 26
September 11
September 6
September 6
September 1
August 31
August 31
August 20
August 19
August 13
August 1
July 4
June 28
June 28
June 26
June 6
May 16
April 14
April 11
April 3
March 21
March 17
March 16
March 4
February 27
February 26
February 19
February 8
January 31
Added statistics from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons to
our Stats page.
January 29
January 29
January 25
January 24
January 20
January 12
January 1, 2016
2015
December 30
December 29
November 23
October 9
September 27
September 22
August 23
August 13
July 26
Began tests washing helmets in a dishwasher.
July 20
May 22
May 12
Added new NHTSA fatality and injury data to our
Stats page.
May 1
March 7
Updated our site design to improve response to mobile devices.
February 27
February 19
February 19
February 13
January 1
January 1, 2015
2014
December 23
December 15
December 12
November 12
October 15
October 13
October 13
October 9
October 8
September 20
September 17
September 17
August 1
August 1
June 14
May 14
May 2
Added new enthusiastic links to DOT's new
Bicycle Safer
Journey site: a 2014 upgrade of resources for classroom instruction on basic bicycle safety, including helmets.
March 17
February 22
January 1, 2014
2013
December 18, 2013
November 26
Made numerous changes to our home page. Added Edmonton's cartoon bike safety videos to our
page
on web videos.
November 12
November 4
October 17
October 7
September 23
August 30
August 27
August 16
August 14
July 19
July 18
July 2
June 23
June 16
June 4
May 30
May 24
May 20
May 7
April 26
April 15
April 10
March 30
February 26
January 20
January 16
January 7
January 1, 2013
2012
December 12
December 12
November 30
November 27
October 22
October 10
October 7
October 1
September 30
September 11
August 20
July 28
July 27
July 4
June 21
June 21
June 19
Added a reference to an Ontario Coroner's study on our
journals page.
June 18
June 15
June 1
May 22
May 14
Sent out a
Helmet Update reporting that Consumer Reports has published bike helmet
ratings.
May 6
May 4
April 23
April 15
March 30
March 28
March 18
March 17
March 16
March 16
March 11
Installed Google's Custom Search to handle our
search function. Our previous search engine was
not finding all of our pages.
March 2
Completed a comprehensive offsite backup.
February 5
January 14
January 7
January 6
January 1, 2012
2011
December 30, 2011
December 20
December 6
October 31
October 19
September 24
September 19
September 6
September 1
August 28
August 25
August 13
August 5
August 3
July 18
Tried new mobile device subdomains but modified the main page instead.
July 16
Achieved 100% XHTML validation for our home page on the W3C validator.
July 7
July 6
July 1
June 5
June 1
May 31, 2011
May 31
May 27
May 21
May 3
April 27
Added info on a study in St. Albert, Canada on the effects of their all-ages helmet law to our
Journals page.
April 23
April 22
April 6
March 15
March 15
March 11, 2011
March 11
Revised our
Recalls page to update links to the new CPSC SaferProducts.gov database.
March 5
Added Geared Up! The essentials of adult bicycling to our
Videos page
February 21
February 15
February 15
January 13
January 12
January 3, 2011
2010
December 31
December 28
December 15
December 12
November 15
Added a link to the South Dakota Bike Rodeo Guide.
October 22
October 16
October 7
September 30
September 29
September 17
August 30
August 12
August 10
August 9
July 12
June 28
June 28
June 25
June 24
June 24
June 24
June 22
June 9
June 6
May 22
May 16
May 13
May 11
May 8
May 3
May 1
April 26
April 24
April 21
April 12
April 7
April 5
March 21
March 20
Added a reference to a 2009 statistical analysis that concluded that state helmet laws reduce cycling to our
mandatory helmet laws page.
March 18
March 17
March 15
March 11
March 8
March 8
March 1
February 24
February 18
February 2
February 2
January 6
January 6, 2010
2009
December 31, 2009
December 4
December 3
November 30
November 19
Added advice for using jello brain molds to our page on
demonstrations.
October 20
Added views of a recumbent cyclist to our page on
visors.
October 10
September 16
September 15
Updated our Helmets for 2009 page and our Chrono page to add info on
Kask helmets.
September 13
Updated our Helmets for 2009 page to add info on the new
Giro
Prolight.
September 11
Updated our
test lab page to refer to CPSC's list of certified labs.
September 9
August 16
August 6
August 5
August 2
June 18
April 17
June 6
May 15
April 20
Added a special icon for those who access us on an iPhone.
April 17
April 15
April 14
April 12
March 18
March 10
February 23
February 20
January 30
January 28
January 13
January 11
January 11
January 10
January 10
January 1, 2009
Updated all of our pamphlets and many other pages for the new year.
2008
December 29, 2008
December 5
December 3
December 3
November 25
November 10
October 31
October 25
October 12
October 3
October 3
October 1
September 30
September 29
September 28
September 28
September 19
September 18
September 17
September 15
September 15
September 15
September 15
September 7
September 7
August 20
August 20
Began adding to this page again after four months of not maintaining it.
April 22
March 24
March 21
Updated the IIHS fatality data on
our Stats page to the current 2006 results.
March 18
March 8
March 7
February 25
February 27
February 25
February 25
February 22
February 21
February 20
February 20
February 13
January 24
January 20
January 17
January 15
January 8
January 6
January 6
January 4
January 2
January 1, 2008
Updated all of our pamphlets and many other pages for the new year.
2007
January 24
January 20
January 17, 2008
January 15
January 8
January 6, 2008
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