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from: http://www.magma.ca/~ocbc/

Brian Walker of Head Protection Evaluations, the principal UK test
laboratory for helmets, says that medical case studies commonly quoted
as evidence for the effectiveness of cycle helmets arrive at erroneous
conclusions. His views are expressed on the website of the Bicycle
Helmet Research Foundation. Walker also authored an article "Heads Up"
for Cycle Magazine, the bi-monthly journal of CTC, the UK's national
cyclists' organisation.

In both opinion pieces, Walker describes a court case in which he
appeared as an expert witness. Apparently, a lawyer had repeatedly
tried to persuade three neurosurgeons to state that one must be safer
wearing a helmet than would be the case if one were not. All three
disagreed, claiming that they had seen severe brain damage and fatal
injury both with and without cycle helmets being worn. The judge
accepted the views of the neurosurgeons in handing down his ruling.

Also on the Bicycle Helmet Research Foundation website are links to
four reports that find little evidence of the effectiveness of helmets.