The Common Types of Physical Injuries Suffered in Car, Truck, and Motorcycle Crashes
Studies consistently show motor vehicle accidents to be the most common cause of personal injury in the United States, with more than three million Americans seeking medical care every year for injuries sustained in a crash. Many of the injuries caused in a car wreck will be immediately apparent, but others can take hours, days, or weeks to fully develop. Timely treatment of an injury improves your chances of maximum recovery. It’s important to know the common types of injuries suffered in motor vehicle accidents, so you can be sure to get the care you need.
Typical Injuries in Motor Vehicle Collisions
The injuries suffered in a car wreck generally fall into two categories:
- Injuries caused by the penetration of your body by a foreign object, such as glass or metal
- Injuries caused by the impact of your body with something, such as a steering wheel, dashboard, windshield, or other vehicle
The most common types of physical injuries include:
- Soft-tissue injury—This involves injury to soft tissue, such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, blood vessels, and cartilage. With even minor impact, you can experience bruising or internal bleeding. More serious soft-tissue injuries include strained, sprained, or torn muscles, tendons, ligaments, or cartilage.
- Broken bones—Though the impact of a motor vehicle accident can lead to broken bones anywhere in the body, the most common fractures associated with car, truck, and motorcycle accidents are clavicles (collarbones), ribs, sternum (chest), legs, and arms.
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)—Most commonly caused in whiplash-type accidents, where your brain careens off the inside of your skull, TBIs can be suffered in collisions at any speed and with virtually any level of impact.
- Spinal cord trauma—The impact of a crash can cause bruising, tearing, or other damage to your vertebrae, discs, and other parts of your spinal cord.
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At Advantage Healthcare Systems, we have extensive experience working successfully with individuals who have suffered any type of injury in a motor vehicle accident. We know the common types of injuries sustained in a crash, and we can take proactive measures to treat the potential consequences of a car, truck, or motorcycle wreck. Call us toll-free at 1-877-487-8289 or fill out the form provided below to schedule an assessment. We offer locations across Texas, including Fort Worth, Dallas, and San Antonio.