Determining Fault in Rear-End Bicycle Accidents

You’re biking down the road, and then suddenly – a crash. Someone else’s negligence causes you to fall off your bike. You may walk away from this accident with a fractured knee cap, broken arm, traumatic head injury, or any other array of unwarranted injuries.

It’s not fair that, on top of these unexpected injuries, you now have to deal with the bills tied to treating them. How, though, can you hold someone else responsible for the losses they introduced into your life? You can collaborate with a bicycle accident attorney from Kash Legal to determine fault in your rear-end bicycle accident.

Look at Medical Records Tied to Your Accident

Working with medical professionals after a rear-end bicycle accident helps you recover on multiple fronts. Your priority, of course, should be your health; if you need medical treatment, get it immediately. Once you’re back on your feet, though, a professional’s medical records can help you assign fault for your losses.

Medical professionals can specifically make comments on the severity of your injuries and the degree of force involved in causing them. You can later use this information to argue that a certain degree of negligence led to your accident and now subsequently entitles you to compensation from a liable party.

If you work with a personal injury lawyer to hold another person or party accountable for your rear-end bicycle accident, we can even call medical professionals to serve as expert witnesses in your case.

Assess the Accident Scene

While you’re not obligated to return to the scene of your bike accident, doing so can reveal interesting facts about the nature of the negligence that led to your case. Skid marks and debris from your bike can reveal a lot about the force that resulted in your crash. You can even gather video footage of your crash from nearby storefronts and stoplights.

If possible, we recommend that you document the scene of your crash immediately following your accident. If you need to go straight to the hospital, though, you can ask a rear-end bicycle accident attorney to return to the scene and document it for you. We can call on professional investigators to ensure our sweep of the scene is as comprehensive as possible.

Have Conversations With Bystanders

Witnesses can help determine fault in your rear-end bicycle accident case by pointing out the person they believe caused your crash. You can work with witnesses to get a liable party’s license plate number, physical description, and, in some cases, name and contact information.

These parties can also describe the accident itself. Witness testimonies are fantastic for letting a judge know whether you’re the victim of a low-speed accident or a high-speed collision. Witnesses can also elaborate on whether the other party involved in your accident seemed intoxicated, distracted, or otherwise out of control.

If you don’t have time to speak with witnesses at the scene of your accident, let an attorney go to work for you. We can connect with nearby shop owners or landowners to see if they can contribute any information about fault to your case.

Call Expert Witnesses

Once you’re done speaking with witnesses and gathering evidence from your accident scene, you can work with expert accident witnesses. These parties don’t need to see your accident to elaborate on the negligence that led to it. Instead, these parties can include the emergency responders who got you back on your feet or accident recreationists who can create a facsimile of your crash.

The legal professionals with Kash Legal can call on our network to put you in touch with expert witnesses who can positively contribute to your case. Their analysis can help our team determine not only who bears the blame for your losses but also what kind of negligence specifically entitles you to loss-based compensation.

Kash Legal Fights for You

Bicycle accidents tend to prove more dangerous for a bicyclist than they do any other party involved in the crash. You, in turn, have the right to assign fault for your losses and demand a settlement accordingly. Unfortunately, determining fault isn’t always a straightforward process, particularly if there are parties trying to prevent you from recovering.

Kash Legal can help you balance the demands of your bicycle accident recovery with your desire to pursue compensation for your losses. We have years of experience sifting through evidence to assign responsibility for personal injury accidents throughout the state. You can turn to our team today for consummate representation.

Call (888) 527-4128 or contact us online to book a free case evaluation.