After getting into an accident on your motorcycle, you could have various wounds to treat. If you have a personal injury case against the at-fault party, a motorcycle injury attorney can help you tally your injuries and determine how much to seek in damages from the responsible party. Learn more about common motorcycle accident injuries to look for while building your legal case.

1. Road Rash

If a motorcycle accident knocks the rider off the bike, she or he could suffer road rash. This is a skin abrasion that ranges from mild to intense. More severe road rash requires prompt medical attention to avoid infections and permanent scarring.

2. Fractures

During some motorcycle accidents, bikes tip over and trap the rider’s legs, which can cause a bone fracture. Even if the bike does not become unbalanced, riders may instinctively reach out with their arms to catch themselves mid-fall, which could cause wrist and arm fractures.

3. Internal Injuries

Crashes involving blunt-force trauma may damage organs and cause internal injuries, such as internal bleeding. If something sharp, such as debris or broken glass, breaks the skin and causes penetration trauma, motorcycle accident victims might suffer internal damage.

4. Spinal Cord Injuries

Depending on the force of impact during a collision and the body parts affected, riders can endure spinal cord injuries. Such injuries may cause paralysis, which breaks down into multiple types:

-> Hemiplegia, which affects one leg and one arm on the same side of the body
-> Monoplegia, which affects a single leg or arm
-> Paraplegia, which affects both legs
-> Quadriplegia, which affects both arms and both legs

If a hurt motorcycle rider experiences a numbing or tingling sensation after an accident, it could indicate the onset of paralysis.

6. Lower-Extremity Injuries

Compared to all other motorcycle accident harm, lower-extremity injuries are the most prevalent. Specifically, the most common lower-extremity damage in a motorcycle crash is leg injuries, followed by bone fractures, which are more common than soft-tissue injuries.

6. Traumatic Brain Injuries

Even if a motorcyclist wears a helmet, an accident may cause traumatic brain injuries. Physical symptoms include nausea, headache, dizziness, trouble with speech and fatigue. Mental symptoms include sleeping more than usual, blacking out for a few seconds or a few minutes, and mood swings.

You may not be as fine as you feel after a motorcycle collision if you are on a motorcycle trip or just going on a day to day work. Rather than tell all other parties involved in the accident that you did not sustain an injury, let a doctor determine that instead.