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BICYCLIST COLLISION
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Bicyclist collision injuries are eligible for financial compensation.

November 24, 2008 – Bicycle safety advice should not be taken for granted even if you are a great bicycle rider, as such tips may save your life someday.

Bicyclists and automobile drivers need to learn to share the road. It is important for their own safety that bicyclists wear a helmet, obey traffic signals, and increase their visibility to automobile drivers by using a front light and rear reflector. Wearing brightly colored clothing is also smart.

Facts about a bicyclist collision

Why so much advice? Because as pleasant as a bike ride can be, bicyclists, like motorcyclists, are very vulnerable to injury, zooming through traffic without the structural body protection an automobile provides.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that 698 bicyclists were killed, and an additional 44,000 were injured in the U.S. in 2007. In New York State, 51 bicyclists died in 2007.

According to NHTSA records, fatalities among bicyclists occurred more frequently in urban areas (72%), at non-intersection locations (64%), between the hours of 5 and 9 p.m. (26%), and during the months of June (11%) and September (11%).

Whatever the circumstances are, an injured bicyclist may recover financial compensation if the accident was the fault of another party.

Protect your legal claim after a bicyclist collision

Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. is New York’s largest personal injury law firm. We represent injured bicyclists in several states, including New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Weitz & Luxenberg’s attorneys have decades of experience defending the rights of the injured in practice areas that include: accidents/general injury, dangerous drugs, medical malpractice, and environmental pollutants.

If you were injured in a bicyclist collision, or suffered any kind of personal injury through no fault of your own, please fill out the form on this page for a free review of your case. Weitz & Luxenberg works on a contingency basis, so there are no legal fees until a lawyer secures a verdict or settlement for you.


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