This isn't entirely new - in fact, the data is from 2007 and was published before - but it's another science-based look at the efficacy of bicycle helmets in preventing cyclist injury. The conclusion of the authors - then and now - is “Wearing a [cycle] helmet might make a collision [with a motor vehicle] more likely in the first place,” I'm wearing mine anyway, in part because there are other ways to crash your bike than being struck by a motor vehicle, such as incautiously drafting another cyclist or just being, sadly, a klutz.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2018/11/14/motorists-punish-helmet-wearing-cyclists-with-close-passes-confirms-data-recrunch/amp/ -- S. Rose
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