Helmet Safety

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For those who have not seen this website : https://sharp.dft.gov.uk/ they have safety tested and compared several hundreds of helmets. What is notable is just because a helmet cost nearly the equivalent of house payment doesn't make it safe. e.g. Schuberth S1 Pro has a 2 star safety rating. While a Bell M1 (4x cheaper) has a 5 star rating.

It does seem that a lot of bargain basement helmets have a poor rating and more expensive helmets do well, but that isn't always the case as noted above.


Yes, there is an 7 year old thread about this, but the website has greatly expanded since then.
 
For those who have not seen this website : https://sharp.dft.gov.uk/
they have safety tested and compared several hundreds of helmets .

What is notable is just because a helmet cost nearly
the equivalent of house payment doesn't make it safe .

e.g. Schuberth S1 Pro has a 2 star safety rating .
While a Bell M 1 (4 x cheaper) has a 5 star rating .

It does seem that a lot of bargain basement helmets
have a poor rating and more expensive helmets do well,
but that isn't always the case as noted above .


Yes, there is an 7 year old thread about this,
but the website has greatly expanded since then .

 
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