Attachment 1
Bicycle helmet exemptions granted on grounds of disability (medical grounds) 2004- 2018
Year
Total
Reasons noted
granted
2004
8
Fractured skull - helmet causes discomfort
Headaches and visual problems
Skin disorder
Headaches (x2)
Anxiety, panic attacks (x2)
Heat stroke
2005
11
Hypersensitive scalps, eczema, heat, sunburn
Headaches and claustrophobia
Not able to get a helmet big enough
Scalp seborrheic dermatitis
Abnormal shaped head and excessive sweating
Skin cancer on scalp
Excessive sweating
Scalp scarring and dermatitis
Scalp psoriasis
Asthma and restrictive breathing
Stress
2006
2
Major Neck Trauma with moving neck
Helmet causes migraines
2007
4
Head or face injuries/tumours/cancer/neuralgia
Frontal headaches
Hearing aids
Scalp and skin condition
2008
10
Scarring following removal of cancer
Helmet restriction affect breathing & carotid circulation
Abnormally large head
Scalp dermatitis
Large, funny shaped head; pressure on shunt
Overheating/headaches
Headaches associated with wearing helmet (x2)
Scalp dermatitis
Overheating causes headaches, dizziness
2009
13
Migraines (x2)
Big head
Head injury and dreadlocks causing headaches
Unable to wear helmet fol owing accident
Headaches (x3)
Panic attacks when wearing headwear
Nausea due to acromegaly
Itchy scalp and headaches
Myofacial headaches
Child too young to wear a helmet
2010
9
Headaches caused by pressure changes and temperature (x2)
Headaches caused by nerve damage to face
Migraines- triggered by wearing a helmet
Stress
Previous head injury (5 years ago) - tender under scar
Headaches from constriction around head
Laceration scar causing irritation
Headaches
2011
6
Overheating (renewal of previous exemption granted)
Headaches (x3)
Scalp pain and sensitivity
Breathing difficulty with anything around neck (has asthma)
2012
5
Chronic headaches
UCTD - Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
Headaches
Too restrictive
Scalp condition
2013
13
Migraines
Headaches, migraines and vomiting
Headaches (x5)
Headaches and skin cancers
Cochlear implant
Bitemporal migraines
Skin damage, headaches becomes overheated
Heat rash
Cancerous lesions on scalp and face
2014
13
Anxiety and physical symptoms
Anxiety headaches
Anxiety/ severe asthma
Neck injury/PTSD
Headaches/claustrophobia
Migraine headaches- foreign body- part of chef's knife in skull bone
Nerve damage to face and side of head causing pain and irritation
Headaches and itchy scalp
Headaches- exemption renewal (x2)
Anxiety causing migraines
Tension induced migraine headaches
Light skin type, bald upper head, high UV risk
2015
16
Amputee 3x fingers on hand, unable to do helmet up
Headaches (x2)
Migraines (x3)
Large head, excessive sweating & headaches
Claustrophobic - previous exemption granted
Previous neck pain from injury 1981
Headaches and excess irritation
Dermatitis
Musculoskeletal condition; headaches
Very large head, 67cm
Deaf - needs hearing aids and helmet interferes with this
Trigeminal neuralgia
Large scar which cause numbness and hyperesthesia
2016
16
Feelings of panic and claustrophobia
Asthma, LOC wearing a helmet with strangulation problems (x2)
Sebaceous cyst on occiput which prevents tightening of helmet
Severe headaches
Decreases ability to hear & assess positions of other vehicles
Intractable headaches after a short time with constriction around his head
Dermatitis (x2)
Considerable distress
Asthma, LOC wearing a helmet with strangulation problems
Claustrophobic
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Head injury
Headaches from compression
Pressure headaches
Aggravation of alopecia
2017
8
Urticaria
Heart failure and SOB
Migraines
Headaches - reissued
Migraines - reissued
Excessive sweating
Anxiety, panic attacks and sweating
Headaches
2018
-
-
Total
135
Attachment 2
Bicycle helmet exemptions granted on grounds of religion 2006- 2018
Year
Total
Religion
issued
2006
-
-
2007
-
-
2008
-
-
2009
5
Sikh
2010
1
Christian
2011
1
Sikh
2012
-
-
2013
1
Not recorded
2014
-
-
2015
4
Sikh
2016
1
Sikh
2017
3
Sikh
Total
16
