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Bicycle Head Injury

Bicycling can be a fun and exciting activity for both children and adults. Whether for recreation, exercise, or transportation, bicycling remains a popular activity everywhere. Unfortunately, even when individuals take the necessary precautions such as using a helmet and obeying traffic rules, tragic accidents still occur. Brain injury is one of the most common injuries that results from a bicycle accident. If someone close to you experienced a bicycle head injury, contact our lawyers today.

Do you know someone who experienced a severe Bicycle Head Injury due to someone else's negligence? Our Bicycle Injury Attorneys can help you. Contact our Bicycle Injury Lawyers today!

An innocent bicyclist may experience a brain injury due to a number of following factors. Some of these factors may include:

• Drivers failing to see the bicyclist
• Drivers failing to yield to the bicyclist
• Bicycle defects
• Sidewalk or roadway defects

Brain injuries resulting from a bicycle head injury can be serious and result in life altering consequences, but they can also be fatal. In just one year, over 700 individuals in the United States died while bicycling. Two thirds of the deaths were the result of a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). Many of these deaths are children under the age of 15. Contact an attorney if you lost your child from a TBI due to someone else not paying attention while they were driving.

Of course, a head injury can be even more severe if a helmet is not worn. However, as mentioned above, serious (and even fatal) brain injuries can result no matter how much the rider is protected. A helmet does help the protect the head dramatically, but not everyone always wears a helmet and this does necessarily make it "their fault" if they sustain a brain injury due to someone else's negligence and they were not wearing their helmet. Many children, for example, are known for constantly taking off their helmets and refusing to wear them. It is a driver's responsibility to notice a child on a bicycle and follow proper precautions. If another driver failed to live up to this responsibility, contact our attorneys today.

Do you know someone who experienced a Bicycle Head Injury due to someone else's negligence? Our Bicycle Injury Attorneys can help you.  Contact our Bicycle Injury Lawyers today!