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It's pretty common, people claim a helmet saved their life and it turns out their helmet failed.
Again, that's not necessarily what that link says. It only says it failed if the styrofoam didn't compress. Any data on that? Not many people are checking to see if the styrofoam has compressed during an impact, regardless of whether helmet has cracked or not. Of course, any claim that a helmet's performance has been life saving is likely to be speculative...
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It's pretty common, people claim a helmet saved their life and it turns out their helmet failed.
There's also the curious confidence of helmet wearers boasting about the crashes they keep having...