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Europe, the Netherlands especially.
The overall average rate of helmet-wearing in all cities was 22%. The highest rate was observed in London (60.9%). The next highest, though far behind, were Vienna (26.7 %) and Berlin (24.3%), followed by Warsaw (22%), Copenhagen and Paris (both 19.9 %).
The lowest rate of helmet-wearing occurred in Amsterdam (1.1%).
“Hardly anyone wears a helmet there,” the study noted.
“When you look at the number of accidents as a ratio of distance traveled, the Netherlands is the second safest country after Denmark in which to ride a bicycle,” Luigi Ancona, an accident researcher for DEKRA, said in a statement. “Our figures clearly suggest a link between a bicycle-friendly infrastructure, the subjective feeling of safety and the rate of helmet-wearing.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyamohn/2021/12/29/in-european-cities-bicycle-helmet-use-differs-but-wearing-them-saves-lives/
So then what you said earlier about it "not being a big issue" seems to only apply to places where there is "bicycle-friendly infrastructure" at the least. Quite assumptive to say your original statement, don't you think? Most of America, for example, is not bicycle-friendly.
Yes bike safety comes from a bicycle safe city.
Most of America does not even ride bikes, they have a whole host of issues to address with ridership. Helmets aren’t the problem.
And in the US (I refuse to call it America) helmet laws tend to be selectively enforced against minorities
Your own study is saying it's the infrastructure that helps with safety.
There's nothing there about the helmets themselves.
That would be a different study ie rate of injury and death in cases of accidents in wearing a helmet vs not wearing one.