Head trauma and traumatic brain injuries
Trauma to your head can cause traumatic brain injuries, skull fractures, and other severe injuries. A traumatic brain injury (TBI) usually occurs when an individual hits their head during a bicycle accident. A TBI can be severe or mild, but even mild TBIs can lead to serious issues that permanently change the victim’s life. TBIs can happen if the individual’s head hits the pavement, bicycle, vehicle, or object near the crash site.
Bicyclists should always wear helmets to protect their heads and skull, though helmets cannot protect from all head trauma. Many cyclists suffer serious brain damage even with a helmet. Further, never assume that you cannot recover compensation for a head injury if you forgot your helmet. Instead, allow Silva Injury Law to evaluate your options for compensation under these circumstances.
Facial injuries
When bicycle accidents occur, bicyclists can often experience damage to their faces. A few of the most common types of facial injuries that a bicyclist can suffer are a fractured jaw, eye or vision issues, broken nose, dental damage, and permanent scarring.
Back and spinal cord injuries
When bicyclists get hit with a lot of force, they may fall off the bike and land on their backs. This landing can cause damage to the spinal cord, which can lead to herniated discs and other issues. When an individual has a spinal cord injury, they typically experience life-long complications, such as chronic pain, numbness, weakness, or even complete paralysis.
Broken bones and fractures
Bicyclists often experience broken bones and fractures. They commonly have broken arms, fingers, legs, hips, hands, and more from hitting the pavement or other trauma. Fractures might require weeks or months of rest, or they might need surgery to repair properly.
Amputations
When a serious bicycle accident happens, victims may need amputation of a body part. Amputation usually occurs when a body part has such severe damage that it can no longer function. The most common amputations are arms, legs, fingers, and toes. Sometimes, if a car clips a cyclist at a high enough speed, a traumatic amputation can occur right then and there.
Neck injuries
Bicyclists thrown from their bikes or experiencing extreme force may have whiplash or neck injuries. Whiplash is a neck injury resulting from sudden and forceful neck movement. Other neck injuries occur within the nerves, muscles, joints, tendons, and throat.
Road rash
Roads and pavement are very tough against the skin. So, when a bicycle accident victim lands on the pavement or road, they will most likely experience some road rash. This injury comes from friction and can look like burns, scrapes, or scratches.
No matter what type of injuries you have, Silva Injury Law can help. We regularly represent clients with catastrophic injuries and seek full compensation for their past and future losses.
Life-Changing Losses From Bicycle Injuries
Bicycle accidents can lead to several life-changing losses, which are both economic and non-economic losses. Losses from bicycle injuries can include the following.
Economic losses
- Medical bills and expenses
- Lost income and wages
- Damage to bicycle/property
- Home modifications
- Hired services, such as a housekeeper, home care worker, child care assistant, and more
- Physical therapy, occupational therapy, psychological therapy
Non-economic losses
- Physical pain
- Mental suffering
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of companionship
- Wrongful death
Seeking Compensation From Liable Parties
If you are interested in filing a claim for your injuries and losses in a bicycle accident, you will need to first determine liability for the crash. Our Silva Injury Law attorneys will review your claim and determine who is liable for your accident. We will also collect evidence such as medical records, photographs from the scene, video footage, witness statements, doctor testimonies, and more. Evidence is critical in a bicycle accident case.
The defendant’s attorney may look for other factors that might have caused your accident, such as potholes, inclement weather, biking in the wrong direction, failure to yield, no reflectors or lights on the bike, and more. We can stand up to any liability challenges and present evidence to support your claim.
Every bicycle accident is unique. Therefore, our bicycle accident lawyers cannot provide a specific amount of compensation that you should expect to receive without reviewing your situation. The compensation amount will depend on the facts of your case, such as who was liable, their insurance coverage, the injuries suffered, how the injuries affected you, and more.
We will be glad to meet with you if you want an estimate of how much compensation you may receive. In the meeting, we will listen to your experience of what happened the day of your bicycle accident, look over your claim to make sure it is viable, and give our legal advice on what we think you should do. If we think your claim is viable, our lawyers will begin preparing a strong case against the defendant.
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