New York Bicycle Accident Lawyers

NY Personal Injury Attorneys

The New York personal injury law office of Goidel and Siegel has been representing bicycle accident victims for over 17 years. If you were the victim in a NY bicycle accident, our firm will aggressively pursue just compensation for your physical and emotional injuries. We know what to do to present a successful case for the cyclist victim who has been hit by a car or truck.

In many cases, a bicycle accident results from a motorist's negligence or inattentiveness while operating his or her vehicle.

Here's some common types of collisions that a cyclist may be injured in:

• A motor vehicle driver turning directly in front of a bicyclist
• An automobile driver entering the street from a driveway or parking spot and pulls out into traffic in front of the bicyclist
• A motorist's failure to yield at an intersection or running a stop sign or red light
• A vehicle driver's inattention while driving past a bicyclist
• An automobile driver is under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Due to the increase in bike traffic throughout the United States and New York, many cities have constructed special bike lanes. Parks now have trails which are accessible to bicycles, and some vehicle manufacturers are even offering bike racks as standard equipment. However, many motor vehicle drivers do not respect the bicyclists' rights to share the roads and, more importantly, many cyclists have not been properly educated on how to legally and safely share the roads with automobiles.

Negligent automobile drivers and uneducated bicyclists have resulted in some staggering statistics:

• Every 6 hours a bicyclist is fatally injured
• Approximately one million children are injured each year in bicycle related accidents
• Nearly half of all bicycle fatalities occur to children under the age of 16
• Head injuries account for about 75% of all serious injuries and fatalities from bicycle accidents
• While collisions with cars account for only 1/3 rd of all bicycle accidents, they account for the majority of catastrophic injuries and deaths.

There are many other types of negligence as well, such as product liability, defective products and negligent manufacturing or assembly, which can also cause serious bicycle accidents and injuries.

Our experienced bicycle accident attorneys will do the following for our bike accident clients:

• We will investigate and, where appropriate, closely analyze any damage that occurred to the bicycle, such as chipped paint, stressed metal, bent wheels and torn brake pads
• We will examine the remains of a bike wreck and seek to counter a motorist’s typical claims that a cyclist was speeding or squeezed the brake levers too hard or swerved into traffic.

If you or a loved one has been seriously injured in a bicycle accident, contact the New York injury attorneys at Goidel and Siegel for a free consultation today.