Low Speed Car Crashes Still Bring Risks of Bodily Injury

Millions of cars pass through from week to week, perhaps if not daily. As a result of the traffic volume, car crashes are common.

Naturally, a sizable percentage of those crashes are low-impact collisions.

However, even in impacts that happen at low speeds or appear to not be damaging, injuries may lie under the surface from these collisions that may not manifest for months or years.

For that reason, it is important that if you are involved in a low impact collision, you take proper precautions to inspect whether you have suffered any soft tissue injuries as a result.

There is no risk in being careful and protective of your health, there is only risk in neglect based on assumption.

Contrary to what is often thought to be popular opinion, low-speed car accidents can cause soft tissue injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints/bones (including vertebrae), and potentially, nerves and vessels.

Soft tissue injuries can be caused by the sudden impact of a collision, which depending on the severity and force transferred through impact, can force the head back and forth, or of course, through blunt force trauma.

For example, the most likely scenario for a low-impact collision is a rear-end collision.

When the cars collide, the occupant snaps back and forth, which is known as whiplash.

This violent jerking is precisely what can cause damage to the muscles, tendons, and ligaments in the occupant’s neck and back.

It is important to remember that just because your injuries seem minor or you believe yourself to be “fine,” instead willing to endure the pain following an accident, that it does not make your injuries and pain imaginary.

Others and the insurance people may try to belittle or deny your claim for injury, but it is important that you contact a lawyer immediately to assist you and maximize your claim’s value no matter how apparently slight of an impact you were involved in.

If you or someone you know has been injured in an automobile accident with a passenger vehicle, or a commercial vehicle/18-wheeler, regardless of perceived force of impact, it is imperative that you hire an experienced lawyer in automobile accidents so that all potential parties may be investigated.

For a free consultation, please contact an attorney at Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner by calling 713-222-7211 or toll free at 1-800-870-9584.