New helmet standard targets road deaths

Jamaica Observer

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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Sydoney Preddie, lead for youth and education programme, JN Foundation, says Jamaica is losing billions of dollars annually due to motorcycle crashes, with unsafe and substandard helmets emerging as a major contributor to both fatalities and the country’s growing economic burden.

She was speaking at the launch of the JS 374:2025 Jamaica Standard Specification – Protective Helmets for Road Users National Helmet Safety Standard - by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, in Kingston,