Over 51,000 bicyclists were injured in bicycle accidents during 2010 on US roadways, and 630 of them resulted in a fatality. Only 74 of those who died were 14 or younger. The use of helmets has reduced the incidence of head injury by 85% and the risk of brain injury by 88%. Head injuries account for more than 60% of bicycle accident related deaths. Even though helmets can and do prevent death in many cases, they still cannot prevent the damage that happens inside the skull when a person's head is impacted by an automobile or stationary piece of the landscape where they were flung by an impact.

If you or someone you know have had a head injury while on a bicycle, you should know that the worst damage is often not visible. Just because there are no lacerations, visible dents in the skull or other visual clues to damage, what has happened inside, as the brain is slammed into the inside of the skull when the person's head makes a sudden stop, can not only cause permanent brain damage, but can even be life threatening.

A bicycle accident caused head injury is not any less severe than any other accident related head injury. Not only in an immediate fatality but long term disability or even death after a few weeks can occur. Whether it is you or a member of your household who has been injured, you have enough problems without having to deal with the legal ins and outs of seeing to the expenses of the medical care. This is what a bike accident lawyer is for.

A good accident attorney can see that you get the care and compensation you need. Immediate care is not always the whole story, and without a lawyer to fight for your case, you could be left permanently disabled while the party who caused your injury is not held responsible for the outcome. If it turns out that a head injury caused by your bicycle accident needs long term care, only a trained bicycle accident lawyer is capable of ensuring that your expenses are covered as they should be. Let them do the job they were trained to do, while you go about the important business of getting well.