Documents

"Heads Up" newsletters

• Heads Up Letter, issue 59 - December 12, 2012 (pdf version)
• Heads Up Letter, issue 58 - March 30, 2012 (pdf version)
• Heads Up Letter, issue 57 - September 22, 2011 (pdf version)
• Heads Up Letter, issue 56 - June 16, 2011 (pdf version)
• Heads Up Letter, issue 55 - November 29, 2010 (pdf version)
• more in the archive

Tech Notes, Articles, Education materials

• Voluntary and Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Standards, by Edward Becker for the International Motorcycle Conference (Cologne, German), October 2012 (pdf), presentation (pdf)
• Snell Certification and Enforcement Testing , August 28, 2011 (pdf)
• Snell's response to New York Time Article "Sorting Out Differences in Helmet Standards", September 24, 2009 (pdf version)
• Snell Presentation to Motorcycle Training Instructors in Connecticut - March 2009 (MS Powerpoint format) (pdf version)
• Technical Brief by Dr. Randal Ching on Head Mass Versus Circumference
• Proceedings and Summary from the Medical College of Wisconsin-Snell meeting on HIC (Head Injury Criteria)
• more in the archive

Research

The Snell Memorial Foundation has been actively conducting and supporting research to understand the nature and severity of head and brain injury and to increase head impact protection in such activities as bicycling, motorcycling, auto racing and other non-motorized recreational activities. Basic studies of injury mechanism and protection, as well as field research related to injury severity and causation have been undertaken.

• Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A 3-D DATABASE OF HEAD AND FACIAL ANTHROPOMETRY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
  Principal Investigator: Bruce Bradtmiller, Ph.D.
  Organization: Anthropology Research Project, Inc. Yellow Spring, Ohio
  Date: July 1992 - February 1995
• Title: HEAD IMPACT ATTENUATION CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN SURROGATES
  Principal Investigator: Anthony Sances, Jr, Ph.D.
  Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Date: January 1993 - April 1995
• Title: OMNI-DIRECTIONAL NECK DEVELOPMENT
  Principal Investigator: Jac Wismans, Ph.D.
  Organization: TNO Road-Vehicles Research Institute, The Netherlands
  Date: April 1993 - October 1995
• more in the archive

Media

• On March 12 2013 Hong Zhang, Snell’s Director of Education talked on radio program "Sidestand Up" on motorcycle helmet issues. Recorded audio (mp3, 21 min, 8 MB)
• "Now popular on the slopes, ski helmets have their limits" article
  Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota February 17, 2013
• "Gettin' Dirty With Sand Safety: SNELL helmet approval - background and testing criteria" article (pdf)
  'SAND SPORTS' magazine September/October 2011
• "Snell Certification and Motorcycle Helmets" article (pdf)
  The BMW Motorcycle Owners of America Novemeber 2011
• Bike Helmets Help Even Tot Bicyclists
  The Sacramento Bee, October 30, 1997.
• A Head-on Collision Over Bike Helmets
  Business Week, Vol. 3535, July 14, 1997.
• more in the archive

Press releases

• Press Release February 16, 2007
  Snell and FIA release joint helmet standard for children and teens for use in automotive and other motor sports 
• Press Release, January 6, 1998
  Snell issues the most demanding ski helmet standard.
• Press Release, June 3, 1997
  Snell Lab has been accredited to ISO 25 by A2LA.
• more in the archive

Miscellaneous documents

• Internet Helmet Buying
• Does Your Helmet Meet Snell Standards?
• Snell: The Story