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Saw the crash on Sunday that Damn-Oh mentioned somewhere on the forum. Big impact to helmet, protecting the temporal lobe area. The material had cracked all the way through in 2 places, compressed by the impact, but still held together by the 'matrix' inside the polystyrene.
For the record, the injuries sustained did not include concussion or the onset of temporal lobe epilepsy (as happened to a friend who hit his head in the same place).
The injuries did include, however, collarbone broken in 2 places, a number of fractured ribs, cuts to knees and elbows, big loss of skin from back, top of thumb 'sanded off', and suspected punctured lung :(