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Understanding the Most Common Motorcycle Accident Injuries

Being in a motorcycle accident is a terrible experience. You’re going to be shaken, scared, and shocked. At first, you might not know exactly what’s happened, and if you’re injured it can be even scarier.

If you are involved in an accident, you should go to a doctor right away. Some bike accident injuries aren’t apparent at first but could become serious quickly.

If the accident wasn’t your fault, it may be possible for you to get financial compensation. While we can’t avoid accidents, we can limit the likelihood of being injured.

In this article, we’re going to take a look at the most common motorcycle accident injuries, and what you can do to protect yourself from them.

Traumatic Brain Injuries

Traumatic brain injuries are caused when the brain experiences trauma. This can be a crushing blow, an impact, or penetration by a foreign object. Different types of traumatic brain injury include:

  • Concussions.
  • Contusions, a bruise on the brain which can bleed.
  • Cerebral laceration, where the brain tissue is cut or torn.

These injuries can be fatal. If they are survived, they can cause a host of different long-term effects, including difficulty talking, walking, and breathing. They can also alter the victim’s personality.

How You Can Avoid Traumatic Brain Injuries

TBIs are one of the most common motorcycle injuries, but they’re also one of the most easily avoided. Wearing a helmet helps to prevent injury and death, and helmets are thought to save thousands of lives per year.

Broken Bones

While broken arms and legs are usually quite obvious, some fractures may be difficult to detect. The symptoms of a fracture can include swelling, bruising, and being unable to bear weight on that area. Although most broken bones can heal naturally, you will need to go to the doctor, and some may require surgery to fix.

How You Can Avoid Broken Bones

Fractures can be made less likely by wearing full protective gear. This means wearing leathers that have pads for the knee and elbow joints. However, this is one of the more difficult injuries to avoid completely.

If you think you’ve broken a bone in a motorcycle accident, visit a doctor immediately.

Road Rash

Road rash is a horrendous motorcycle accident injury but one of the most common. This is deep skin abrasion, caused by sliding along a concrete or tarmac road at speed. In particularly bad cases, such as when the person is shirtless and traveling at speed, the skin can be rubbed down to the nerves, causing serious damage.

Road rash can, depending on severity, cause serious consequences. The large area of the wound can lead to infection, scar tissue formation, and serious damage to the affected area.

How to Avoid Road Rash

Road rash can be avoided by wearing heavy leathers while riding your motorbike. Always wear thick leathers that cover your entire body, with pads for the elbows and knees.

Whatever the weather, you should never ride your motorcycle without a shirt or long pants on.

Spinal Cord Injuries

One of the most common motorcycle accident injuries is also one of the most common. A spinal cord injury can be classified as either incomplete, where movement is possible below the affected area, and complete, where you are paralyzed below this area. An example of a complete spinal cord injury is a severed spinal cord.

Spinal cord injuries can be lifechanging. Complications can involve:

  • Long-term paralysis.
  • Difficulty breathing and being unable to control bodily functions.

How to Avoid Spinal Cord Injuries

The most important steps to take to avoid spinal injuries are:

  • Wear appropriate gear.
  • Ride safely, and don’t attempt dangerous maneuvers, particularly at speed.

Neck Injuries

Neck injuries are common in motorcycle crashes. These can involve broken necks, which can paralyze or kill you, and more minor injuries, such as a broken collarbone.

How to Avoid Neck Injuries

It is important to choose gear that protects your neck. This may involve buying a separate piece of protection, such as a brace if your leathers don’t already include it. You should try to avoid having your neck exposed.

Arm and Hand Injuries

When you’re in a motorcycle accident, you will likely be thrown from your bike. As the natural instinct is to throw your arms out in front of you to break your fall, arm and hand injuries are some of the most common bike injuries.

These can be minor, such as a sprained wrist, to serious, such as a compound fracture or severed digits. Long-term effects can include nerve and muscle damage.

How to Avoid Arm and Hand Injuries

The most important step to avoiding arm and hand injuries is wearing the correct gear. As well as wearing leathers that cover and protect your arms, you will also need a pair of hardy gloves. A good pair of gloves can protect your hands incredibly well, preventing the worst kinds of injuries.

Muscle Injuries

Strenuous impacts can tear a muscle, and cause bleeding, difficulty moving, and swelling. Torn muscles must be treated by a doctor immediately, to avoid any complications, and to make sure it heals correctly.

How to Avoid Muscle Injuries

As with the other motorcycle crash injuries on this list, the best way to avoid muscle injuries is to wear appropriate gear. If your body is cushioned, traumatic injuries like these are far less likely, even if you are in a crash.

Have You Suffered One of These Motorcycle Accident Injuries?

If you’ve suffered one of these motorcycle accident injuries, we hope that you’re recovering well. If the accident wasn’t your fault, you may be entitled to compensation for medical bills, lost earnings, and more.

We offer a free case evaluation, so you have nothing to lose by getting in touch with us. Take a look at our clients’ testimonies, and if you think we can help you, contact us, and we’ll do our best to help you.

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