The most common injures that result from a motorcycle crash in terms of frequency are:

Road rash: When an individual is thrown from a motorbike unprotected skin that meets the pavement will be injured. These skin and bone abrasions are referred to as road rash. In addition to being quite painful, they can also leave the accident victim scarred for life.Sometimes road rash requires skin grafting requiring weeks of admission to a hospital.

Disfigurement: Disfigurement, often in terms of facial scars and teeth damage occurs when motorcyclists are not wearing protective equipment to protect the face. Even with a helmet motorcycle crash victims often sustain damage to their teeth.  Trauma to the facial area can result in intense pain, and the driver with the disfigurement may have to go through painful and expensive plastic surgery or bear the marks of the accident for the remainder of his life.Oral surgery is also required to repair damaged and missing teeth.

Fractures: When motorcycle accidents occur, leg fractures are a very common type of injury. Since motorcyclists are often thrown from the bike during an accident, it’s possible for almost any other bone in the body to be fractured as well. Fractures can be accompanied by lacerations if bones break through the surface of the skin, and tendons, joints and nerves can also be damaged during a motorcycle accident. Wrist fractures are also very coomon becasue riders reach out to protect themselves - it is an automatic response. Sometimes fractures can take years to heal properly.

Spinal cord injuries: These types of injuries are very serious and occur when the vertebrae-protected cord that transmits nerve impulses from the brain to the rest of the body is damaged. The impact a spinal cord injury will have on the victim depends mainly on the location of the injury and whether the entire spinal cord was damaged. A person with a spinal cord injury may end up completely paralyzed from the neck down, or they may lose some function in their legs.

Brain damage and concussions: Motorcycle accidents often involve some level of head trauma. This can cause a concussion or it can cause traumatic brain injury that can dramatically reduce the victim’s overall quality of life and his ability to live independently. Serious brain injury can also cause death.

Utah Bike Law is a law firm and its lawyers represent motorcycle riders and their families across Utah including the counties and cities of Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Morgan, Piute, Rich, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, Washington, Wayne, Weber, American Fork, Beaver, Bountiful, Brigham City, Cedar City, Delta, Draper, Duchesne, Fillmore, Heber, Kamas, Kanab, Kaysville, Layton, Lehi, Logan, Moab, Murray, Nephi, Ogden, Orem, Park City, Price, Provo, Richfield, Riverton, Roy, Salt Lake City, Sandy, South Jordan, St. George, Tooele, Vernal, West Jordan, and West Valley City.

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