You may not believe it, but our firm’s San Diego car accident lawyers know that a fatal bicycle accident happens once every six hours and more often than that someone is injured in a bicycle related accident.
There are currently about 73 to 85 million bicycle riders in the U.S., including at least 44 million people over the age of six who rode a bike more than six times in 2008. About 540,000 bicyclists visit emergency rooms with injuries every year. Over 90 percent of bicyclist wrongful deaths happen in crashes with automobiles.
In recent local news a young boy was knocked off his bike when he got in a bicycle accident with another car near an Encanto roadway.
Police officers found the young boy – who was wearing a helmet – unconscious and bleeding from his face. They then took the boy who appeared to be about 10 years old, to Children’s Hospital in Linda Vista.
Luckily the boy was wearing a helmet as this prevented him from suffering catastrophic injuries. Bicyclists who do not wear helmets are more likely to receive head injuries in a bicycle accident. Bicycle riders should always wear a helmet and obey all traffic laws as this could prevent a bicycle accident from occurring.
Our car accident lawyers know that while many bicycle crashes can’t be avoided, there are many safety precautions you can take to prevent a bicycle accident from occurring such as riding your bicycle near the right-hand edge of the road and looking out for cars at cross streets.
If you or a loved one are involved in a bicycle accident, hiring an experienced car accident lawyer in can help ease any pain and suffering you may have, as well as finding a way to help you pay your medical bills.
Call us now at 1-800-655-6585 or click here for a free consultation with an experienced San Diego car accident attorney and find out how we can help you. We speak English and Spanish, and we look forward to providing advice for your case. No fee if no recovery.
About Michael PinesMichael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.
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