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Types of costly injuries you might face after a Texas motorcycle wreck

Our Galveston motorcycle wreck attorneys have seen dozens of motorcycle accident victims in our practice with an array of terrible injuries from their crashes. The costs to treat these injuries and provide necessary ongoing medical care can easily leave a victim and his family destitute and in desperate need of legal help to obtain financial restitution for the injury.

Some of the injuries we typically see in our practice include:

  • Blunt force traumas from impact with protective road barriers, roadway signs, signposts, fences, trees, curbs, and other vehicles. Especially when a rider loses control of the bike on a curve, the chances of avoiding impacts with concrete barriers, lampposts, signs, and trees are reduced.
  • Skull and traumatic brain injuries from the violent slamming of the head into the road or other objects in a crash. Our Galveston motorcycle wreck attorneys mention that wearing an approved motorcycle helmet can reduce your chances of death from a motorcycle wreck by 37%, but there are some impacts even the best helmet can’t cushion sufficiently.
  • Bone breakage and catastrophic damage to joints. The most common breaks are at the shoulder and at the pelvis. Hips, knees, elbows, and wrists also frequently suffer grievous injuries. And spinal, neck, and finger fractures are also very common, as the neck and back try to absorb the excessive forces of motorcycle wrecks.
  • Facial disfigurements from sliding face-first across the ground or road without a full-face helmet. Permanent facial disfigurements also result when the face slams into other objects in a crash. More than a third of all motorcycle wrecks involve a major impact on the chin/bar area.
  • Soft tissue damage to the skin and muscles from “road rash” as your body slides across the surface after a motorcycle wreck. Protective motorcycle gear can help prevent some of this damage. Our Galveston motorcycle wreck attorneys note that some protective motorcycle clothing even includes plastic patches sewn into common slide areas to reduce the resistance and bodily damage on your skid. You can also get personal airbags and roll bars.
  • “Biker’s arm” where the nerves in your upper arm get damaged in the motorcycle wreck, leaving you permanently paralyzed and disabled.

You’ve probably heard of the government study on motorcycle accidents that was aptly dubbed “The Hurt Report.” Hurt was actually the name of the principal investigator, but it’s also the topic of the study. The Hurt Report showed that a full 98% of multiple vehicle collisions and 96% of single vehicle motorcycle accidents resulted in rider injury. Around half of these injuries were major or even fatal injuries.

If you’d like to learn what you can do after suffering an injury from a motorcycle wreck, take a look at our Galveston motorcycle wreck attorneys’ free e-book that gives you the essential information you need to know on steps to take to recover after a bike wreck. You can download the book for free on this site. And if you have questions or need more information, just call us for a free and confidential legal consultation.