Chances are 20%
Statics shows 1 in 100 crashes.
It keeps them from being ejected from the vehicle.
Because they prevent you from being ejected from the vehicle during a crash, which might be fatal.
your chances of death are five times greater than if you are not thrown from the vehicle
48 times more likely
Because at the speed they're travelling and the close proximity to cars, an accident can easily split their skulls wide open. A helmet improve their chances of surviving a crash considerably.
Apart from other functions, it stops you being speared by the steering wheel or being propelled through the vehicle window. Your chances of survival when belted are greatly enhanced, compared with your chances when thrown from a vehicle travelling at speed and then unexpectedly crash-landing on a road.
I Am Alive Surviving the Andes Plane Crash - 2010 TV was released on: USA: 20 October 2010
Decreasing the chance of the occupants being ejected
Motorcycle rider and passengers are required to wear a helmet in california. It is a good law since chances of surviving a motorcycle crash without a helmet are slim.
about 6.12%
Chances of being in a plane crash are 1 in 11 million