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The VA Tech testing methodology is meaningless anyway as a predictor. 99% of fatalities are due to car collisions, which involve crash energies way beyond what is modeled in their test.
There are a lot of brain injuries to cyclists that while not fatal are still harmful to a nice life. Helmets help again them. There is nothing you can do if you are hit by a car, but there are a lot of accidents where you are not hit by a car that you will survive, but it will affect your life.