This happened to me mid April. GPS says 29.8mph. I wouldn’t be posting this if my 661 recon hadn’t done its job.
Correct. But you might very well be posting “I fell off and hit my head really hard, which sucked. But I’m fine now” instead.
A doctor mate said to me, a good rule of thumb is that helmets only mitigate injuries. So if you sustained a near-fatal head injury, then there’s a fair chance that it legitimately saved your life. But if you walked away with a headache, it almost certainly didn’t. It may have saved you from concussion though, and that’s still worthy.
When I had my big road crash, various medical people told me the helmet I wasn’t wearing saved my life, it was a bit weird.