Common Injuries Occurring From Car Accidents

The good news is that these cuts and scrapes often are not fatal.  While they may take several days or longer to heal, you may not even need medical treatment.  That being said, there are some situations where cuts and scrapes may cause significant bleeding and disfigurement.  If this occurs, you may need more urgent medical treatment.

From scrapes and cuts, some of the more common injuries from a car crash are what are often called soft tissue injuries.  Generally speaking, soft tissue injuries are injuries to the body’s connective tissue.

While soft tissue injuries can take many forms, one of the more common forms is whiplash.  Even if you have not gotten into a car crash, you may have experienced whiplash with a sudden hard stop.  Whiplash can cause injuries to your neck and upper back.  Even days or weeks after the accident, you may experience persistent pain in these areas.  Beyond whiplash, some other soft tissue injuries include but are not limited to, muscle sprains and severe back injuries.  You may also suffer injuries to other body parts such as hands, arms, legs, and fees, just to name a few.

Next, brain and head injuries are common in car crashes as the brain bangs back and forth inside the skull causing bruising, bleeding, and tearing of nerve fibers.  As personal injury lawyers in New York, we see these types of injuries.  These types of injuries can range from mild to extremely serious.  On the milder side, the impact from a car crash can cause the head to move in unnatural or unexpected ways.  For the more serious car crashes, however, traumatic brain injury can occur.  In fact, more than 50% of traumatic injuries occur from auto accidents.  This type of injury can be serious, ranging from concussions to skull fractures.  In essentially every instance of this injury, you will want to seek medical attention as soon as possible.  Even if you think that your brain or head injury is minor, you want to take this extremely seriously.

From brain and head injuries, our firm has also noticed that arm and leg injuries are quite common.  As you can imagine, an intense car crash can cause the vehicle to cave in, affecting your arms and legs.  This is especially true if your car is hit from the side.  In some of the worst-case scenarios, your arms or legs could be trapped or pinned down inside the vehicle after the accident.

Finally, psychological injuries are common from car crashes.  This can include things like post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety.  While these injuries may not appear on the surface, they certainly exist.  Seeking therapy or other mental health care is a good start to proactively address these injuries.