Motorcycle Accidents
Motorcycle accidents are usually very serious accidents. Call our office today 800.529.0807 to discuss your rights as an injured motorcyclist.
Motorcycle Accidents
With many different types of traffic accidents, one might think the ugliest of accidents involve large trucks or a huge pile of cars. However, motorcycle accidents play a big role in adding to the number of fatal traffic accidents in the United States. In 2006, about 5,000 people were killed in about 3,600 motorcycle accidents. Many others involved in a motorcycle accident suffer serious injuries that could result in a life-changing disability.
Causes for Motorcycle Accidents
Based on statistics, approximately three-fourth of motorcycle accidents involved another vehicle, and the motorcyclist is not usually at fault in a motorcycle accident. Oftentimes, drivers of other vehicles fail to see or recognize the motorcycle in traffic, so they do not take the necessary preventative actions to avoid an accident with a motorcyclist. If you have been pulled over by a motorcycle police officer for speeding, you’d know what it means not being able to see a motorcycle.
Other causes include mechanical failure at about less than three percent of motorcycle accidents and usually happens when the motorcyclist lose control because of a punctured tire. Weather, roadway defects and animals constitute another five percent of motorcycle accidents.
Injuries from Motorcycle Accidents
What makes motorcycle accidents so fatal is the lack of protection for a motorcyclist compared to a car or truck drivers. When a motorcycle accident happens, a motorcyclist’s body is exposed to high speed collision with hard and rough objects, such as the body of a car or the roadway. In addition, fuel system leaks occur in about 62% of motorcycle accidents that can result in fire. Injuries suffered by parties involved in motorcycle accidents range from road rash, burn injury, broken bone, elbow fractures, soft tissue injury to back injury, neck injury, spinal cord injury, brain injury, head injury and even fatality.
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