A White Paper presented by Jeremy Rosenthal, Esquire
Common Auto Accident Injuries in Colorado What They Are. How They Happen. And How to Prevent Them.
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01Common Auto Accident Injuries in Colorado Auto collisions. They are frightening. They are costly. And they cause injuries, many serious and some fatal.
In Colorado, between 100,000 to 125,000 total car crashes occur each year. Of that amount, roughly 25 percent are auto accidents resulting in injuries and another 0.05 percent resulting in fatalities.
If you have been in an accident and suffered an injury, you know just how scary it can be. In fact, you may be seeking compensation. If you are, there are a two things to keep in mind:
1. Injuries can be nuanced and complex with long-term effects that you may not think to consider: you’re too stressed to give it enough thought.
2. An insurance company will take advantage of your stress and offer a settlement that fails to consider the uniqueness of your injury. Do not settle for compensation they offer; settle for compensation you deserve: seek legal assistance.
The following information on common car accident injuries will help you move forward with your injury claim.
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02Identifying Common Injuries from Car Accidents in Colorado Car accident injuries can range from bruises to serious injuries anywhere from your head to your toes. The following are examples of the more common injuries a person can sustain from an accident.
Brain and head injuries most typically result in traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) and of the 1.4 million new TBIs reported yearly, 20% are caused by vehicle accidents.
Soft tissue and neck injuries are quite common and can result in such things as whiplash, sprains and strains.
Spinal cord and back injuries can often lead to paralysis, and of the thousands of new U.S. cases each year, 38% are caused by car accidents.
Bone injuries can be complex depending on the quantity and place of the break(s).
Internal injuries can be mild to life-threatening and include internal bleeding and organ punctures.
Psychological injuries often accompany serious car accidents and materialize as depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
The severity of these impacts are partially determined by the vehicles’ speed, vehicles’ type, and auto accident type.
05Being Rear-Ended: The Most Common Type of Car Crash Rear-end car crashes are some of the most common and occur when one car strikes another one from behind.
The rate of these car accidents are increasing as more drivers become more distracted with all things digital.
As a car strikes another car from behind (vehicle impact), occupants are pushed forward towards the front of the vehicle (body impact) before shooting back and injuring him or herself (organ impact).
If injuries occur, the most common include:
1. Facial injuries caused by steering wheels, airbags, dashboard, windows;
2. Mild neck injuries like whiplash to serious neck injuries like cervical dislocation;
3. Low and mid back injuries.
Though most injuries from rear-ends are not life-threatening, they can in certain situations such as when one car is stationary and the other car is speeding. An example includes when a two-lane highway suddenly changes into stopped, one-lane traffic.
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06Striking from the Side: Deadly Lateral Impacts Lateral or angle impacts, also commonly referred to as T-bone or side accidents, are the most dangerous for catastrophic and life-threatening or fatal injuries.
In either a lateral or angle accident, one car is struck on the side. The increase for more severe injuries is accompanied by the anatomy of the vehicle: the sides of vehicles offer less protection than the front or back of vehicles: most cars are not equipped with side airbags and there’s simply less metal to absorb the shock of the impact.
Common injuries from these accidents include:
The speed and size of the vehicle that collides into the side of the other vehicle plays a large role in the severity of the injuries.
Head and brain injuries;01
Cervical spine injuries;02
Chest and abdominal injuries;03
Upper arm, shoulder and clavicle injuries;04
Femur, hip and pelvic injuries;05
Catastrophic injuries; and/or06
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07Colliding Head-On: What to Expect Head-on collisions are what we visualize when we think of car accidents.
These accidents are considerably less likely to result in life-threatening or fatal accidents when compared to lateral or rear-end car accidents. Thanks to most engines being in the front of the vehicles, the engines absorb much of the vehicles’ impact.
Occupants in the front of the car are generally those most affected by these types of accidents. Generally, injuries are sustained by body impacts with the windshield and dashboard.
1. Common injuries sustained from windshield damage include mild injuries, like lacerations and bruising, to more traumatic injuries, like broken noses or jaw injury, to severe, like TBIs or internal bleeding.
2. Common injuries sustained from an occupant’s impact with the dashboard mostly include injuries to the knee, femur, hip or pelvis, but they can also include injuries to the head, face, cervical spine or neck.
08Experimenting with Treatment: Advancements in Science
Science has evolved quickly over the last few decades.
Much of this science has revealed new and promising medical treatments, some of which are experimental and are proving useful to treat common car accident injuries.
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections is an experimental treatment proving to be very successful for spinal cord and chronic injuries; it’s used after expiring all other treatments. Platelets are a part of the blood and contain gr