Common Injuries

In an instant, an auto accident can cause many different types of injuries ranging from minor to severe. Depending on the extent of these injuries, they may significantly impact a victim’s life and may even be fatal in some cases.

Many types of injuries are sustained in car accidents from soft tissue to bone damage, including:

• Bone fractures and other broken bones
• Whiplash and back injury
• Neck pain
• Cuts (lacerations) and abrasions
• Bruises (contusions)
• Brain and spinal cord injury
• Damage to internal organs
• Amputation or dismemberment
• Burn injuries
• Airbag deployment injuries
• Seatbelt injuries

Though many car accident injuries are relatively minor, some are severe and may require a lifetime of medical care. The particular injuries that a car accident victim may experience will typically vary based upon several main factors:

• Force of impact
• Where on the vehicle the impact occured
• Crashworthiness of the vehicle
• Types of vehicles involved