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- Did you suffer an injury in a motorcycle accident on the I-10 outside of Houston?
- Perhaps another car hit you at an intersection in Dallas/Fort Worth?
- Maybe your bike got rear-ended while riding through San Antonio?
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Motorists can certainly sustain injuries in all kinds of motor vehicles, but Texas motorcyclists are undoubtedly the most vulnerable ones on the road. Even the safest Texas riders, however, face greater accident risks than people in cars or trucks—and significantly increased risks of sustaining serious injuries when motorcycle accidents strike them. In fact, according to data published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 2015, motorcyclists are five times more likely to suffer accident injuries than the occupants of cars or trucks.
Injuries That Bikers Sustain in Texas Motorcycle Accidents
Accident injuries that Texas motorcyclists can sustain vary greatly in terms of severity. Because motorcyclists do not enjoy the protections offered by the body of a vehicle around them, even seemingly minor accidents have the potential to cause extremely serious injuries. For instance, a relatively low-speed collision between a motorcycle and another vehicle can toss the motorcyclist through the air like a rag-doll, potentially causing motorcycle accident injuries like fractures, dislocations, and serious lacerations to skin and other tissues. A list of catastrophic injuries often sustained in motorcycle accidents, along with some basic information, follows below:
Traumatic brain injuries
In any accident in which a motorcyclist’s head hits something, like the ground, another vehicle, or object, a traumatic brain injury can result—even if a motorcyclist wears a helmet at the time of a crash. Even mild TBIs can leave victims with serious symptoms that last for weeks or months. Severe TBIs may leave victims with physical or cognitive disabilities that can last their lifetimes.
Spinal cord injuries
Spinal cord injuries are among the most dangerous and potentially life-altering traumas a person can sustain. An injury to the spinal cord that partially damages the ability of signals to pass between the brain and parts of the body can result in pain, numbness, weakness, loss of range of motion, and other serious issues. An injury that completely cuts off communication between the brain and the rest of the body typically will completely paralyze victims below the injury site.
Serious soft tissue injuries
Motorcycle accidents commonly result in serious soft tissue injuries, such as lacerations, contusions, sprains, and strains. These injuries involve any damage to the soft tissues of the body, including skin, fat, tendons, ligaments, synovial membranes, and muscles. In serious cases, soft tissue injuries require emergency surgeries and can result in long-term complications such as scarring, chronic pain, disfigurement, and loss of range of motion.
Broken bones
Fractures can be serious and can even result in significant impairment, as well as disfigurement and amputation. Compound fractures can require multiple surgeries, lengthy hospitalizations, and months of rehabilitation therapy simply to get back on your feet. In many cases, you may suffer a permanent loss of mobility and impairment after a serious fracture.
In many instances, the severity of injuries (or even their very existence) takes time to emerge in the minutes and hours immediately after an accident. For example, injuries to a person’s organs or those that cause internal bleeding may not show symptoms until they become life-threatening. Consequently, anyone involved in a motorcycle accident must seek medical attention and undergo a thorough evaluation conducted by a medical professional as soon as possible. In addition to recognizing and treating any unidentified injuries, doing so will create evidence describing the extent and nature of your injuries in the form of a medical record that can help establish damages during settlement negotiations or in court.
