ND Public Notices Mohall Lansford Sherwood School District
Glenburn School District Keeping the Youth in our Community Safe
National Bike Safety Month Observed in May May is Bike Safety
Month, a nationwide event observed to highlight the importance
of safe bike riding, according to Diana Read, Injury/Violence
Prevention Program director for the North Dakota Department of
Health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, millions of Americans ride bicycles, but less than
half wear bicycle helmets. For example, a national survey
conducted in 2001-2003 found that only 48 percent of children
ages 5 to 14 years wore bicycle helmets when riding. Further,
older children were less likely to wear helmets than younger
children. In 2010 in the U.S., 800 bicyclists were killed and an
estimated 515,000 sustained bicycle-related injuries that
required emergency department care. Roughly half of these
cyclists were children and adolescents younger than 20.
Annually, 26,000 of these bicycle-related injuries