Bicycle Bike Head
Learn How to Protect a bike crash
It has been reported that, on average, a bicyclist dies every six hours and for a year, almost 500,000 bicycle-related injuries occur. With more people doing their part to protect the environment by bicycle, it becomes increasingly important to use good common to share the road.
Bicycle Accident Types
Falls and collisions
More than 50 percent of bicycle accidents are the result of falls. Often, if a rear wheel slides out from under a rider or the front wheel suddenly stops moving, a fall can occur. The front wheel can stop if it falls into a road defect, such as a crack or a strainer, or if the front brakes are applied hard. Rear wheels can skid out to give Back on land, sand, ice, metal surfaces or slippery surface.
After the crashes, the most common type of bicycle accidents are collisions with a stationary object such as trees. Falls and collisions with fixed objects account for about 75 to 80 percent of all bicycle crashes.
Car crashes bike
Car and motorcycle accidents are the cause of between ten and 15 percent of bicycle accidents, but result in more fatalities. Most of these accidents occur when either the bicyclist or motorist from the tour or cross at an intersection or driveway. Other bike-car accidents occur when the bicyclist is not obeying traffic laws and is cycling on the wrong side of the road or running red lights.
Bike Accident Injury
The bike accident injuries are most often the extremities, and are fractures, abrasions and lacerations. Fractures account for about 25 percent of bicycle accidents, injuries and facial injuries account for about one third of injuries. The most serious and disabling injuries are brain injuries, which can result in permanent disability. Head injuries are also more likely to be fatal.
What to do when in a car accident bicycle
To the extent possible and practical to avoid further accidents or injuries after a bicycle accident, do the following:
* Do not move if is seriously injured. Wait for medical help.
* We accept medical help, even if you are not seriously injured.
* Wait police to an accident may occur with the statements of witnesses and the driver was at fault, and investigate the scene of the accident.
* Leave damaged property and equipment as it was until the police arrive.
* Contact a personal injury lawyer who understands cycling.
Bicycle Safety and Crash Prevention
As expected, helmets can protect more head injuries? both brain injury and facial injuries superior. Seventy-five percent of all riders who have suffered severe brain injuries in an accident not wearing a helmet. To provide proper protection, helmets must be fitted correctly.
Although helmets can protect against head injuries, not protect them from being beaten by cars. To help prevent injuries personal, bicyclists must use common sense and be alert when cycling on roads to avoid accidents with cars. Although drivers should pay more attention to presence of bicyclists, the odds of injury for the rider. So it is so important to follow some basic guidelines common sense prevention include:
* Cyclists should always ride in the right side of the road, is the law, stop at stop signs and red lights, the use of a beacon in the night (also beneficial in the day.)
* Avoid stopping in the blind spot of a car at a red light. You can be beaten if you turn right and go straight.
* Use a bell or horn to warn drivers or signal their presence.
* Use a flashlight and a rear, especially at night.
* When approaching intersections, use of a mirror and check traffic in the back.
* Be attentive and alert to the cars. Watch the cars turning left across the front you can not see, and pay attention to parked cars to open a door.
* Reduce speed and you can stop quickly if necessary.
* Avoid riding on sidewalks.
* Avoid busy streets, especially as a rookie.
If you have been injured in a bicycle accident, you may be eligible for compensation. Contact a lawyer in a bicycle accident for more information about credit motorcycle injury.
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