Bicycle helmets in the United States

Bicycle helmet laws in the United States:[1][2]
  No laws
  No state law but local laws exist
  Statewide laws requiring some minors to wear helmets; other local laws may also exist.

The requirement to wear bicycle helmets in the United States varies by jurisdiction and by age of the cyclist, for example 21 states and the District of Columbia have statewide mandatory helmet laws for children. 29 US states have no statewide law, and 13 of these states have no such laws in any lower-level jurisdiction either.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Bicycle Helmet Laws". Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  2. ^ "Bicycle helmet use". www.iihs.org. Retrieved 2017-01-03.