Flip-front SHARP ratings announced
Added on Friday, November 28th, 2008 by Carole Nash Editor | No Comments
Top marks: BMW System 5
Safety ratings for the most popular flip-front motorcycle helmets were announced yesterday at the press launch of the Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter Show by SHARP, the Department for Transport’s Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme.
Twenty helmets were the first flip-front lids to be subjected to the new testing regime, which aims to give riders more information about the safety credentials of every helmet currently on the shelves in the UK.
This latest batch takes the number of helmets tested to 96 since its introduction in June this year.
Of the 20 tested, just two helmets scored the maximum 5 stars - those being the BMW System 5 and the Caberg Trip. At the only end of the scale, the Duchinni D601 and KBC’s FFR helmet scored just one star.
Speaking at the announcement, Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick said:
“Motorcyclists are the single most vulnerable group on Britain’s roads today. They account for just 1% of all road traffic, but for 20% of all those killed on the roads last year.
“If all riders wore the safest helmets available 50 lives could be saved each year. We started the SHARP scheme to ensure that all riders have the best possible independent safety information on which to base their helmet choice. That is why I delighted today to be announcing SHARP’s first set of ratings for flip-front helmets.
“Full face and flip-front helmets from across a wide price range and from a variety of manufacturers have received four or five stars - so all riders should be able to find a high-scoring helmet in a size and style that fits them and at a price they want to pay.”
All helmets tested must meet minimum legal safety standards but the SHARP scheme uses a wider range of tests to provide riders with more information on how much protection a helmet can provide in a crash. The objective advice will help riders to choose the safest helmet suitable for them. The SHARP tests - which award ratings of between one and five stars - showed that the safety performance of helmets can vary by as much as 70%.
According to the DfT, head injuries occur in 80% of all motorcyclist fatalities and in 70% of these, the head injury is the most serious.
The latest ratings published are:
| Make | Model |
Rating |
| AGV | Longway |
4 |
| Airoh | Matisse RS |
2 |
| BMW | System 5 |
5 |
| Caberg | Trip |
5 |
| Justissimo GT |
4 |
|
| Duchinni | D601 |
1 |
| G-MAC | Concept |
3 |
| Grex | RF2 |
4 |
| KBC | FFR |
1 |
| Lazer | Granville |
4 |
| Revolution |
4 |
|
| Nolan | N103 |
4 |
| N102 |
4 |
|
| ROOF | Boxer |
4 |
| Schuberth | C2 |
4 |
| Shark | Openline |
3 |
| Evoline |
4 |
|
| Shoei | Multitech |
3 |
| Viper | RS V121 |
3 |
| RS RS11 |
4 |
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