Bicycle Injury

As the use of use of bicycles among both children and adults has grown steadily to 85 million bicycle riders in the United States, driver should be more cognizant that they are sharing the roadway with bicyclists. But, as your bicycle injury law firm, we know that bicycle accidents resulting in injury continue to occur at a steadily increasing rate.

Sadly, drivers still make turns, pull out of driveways or alleys, run stop signs, and open a car doors without paying any attention to bicycle riders. Because of the lack of protection that a bicycle provides, the drivers' momentary lapse in attention bike riders are of seriously injury or even killed. Traffic accidents between motor vehicles and bicycles are a well documented problem.

According to the Department of Transportation - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 45,000 bicycle riders are injured every year by motor vehicles - an increase of nearly 10 percent from only two years ago. In addition to these injuries, 784 bicyclists are killed per year in accidents - 720 of them by motor vehicles. This death rate is an astonishing increase of 26 percent in just two years.

According to data accumulated by the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute, of the 540,000 bicyclists who visit emergency rooms with injuries every year, about 67,000 have head injuries, and 27,000 have injuries serious enough to be hospitalized. Two-thirds of bicycle riders' deaths are result from traumatic brain injury.

While traffic accidents with cars account for only one third of all bicycle accidents, they account for the majority of catastrophic injuries and deaths. Even where motor vehicles are not involved, your bicycle injury lawyer can help you determine if other parties can be held liable for you or your loved one's injures.

Unfortunately, because of the complexity of the laws and liability issues involved in bicycle accident injury lawsuits, some insurance companies and their adjusters attempt to blame the bike rider for invading the motor vehicle's right to the road. But this to force a low quick settlement will not work once you have called the right bicycle accident attorney. At The Spitz Law Firm, your bike accident lawyer will make sure that the value of your claim is maximized by not only setting the insurance company straight on bicycles' equal right to the road, but also by working with our nationwide bank of medical and accident reconstruction experts. The sooner you call the bicycle accident injury attorney at The Spitz Law Firm, the sooner we can put our resources to work for you.

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