Accidents & injuries
Bicycle accident
Tell us what happened and where. Nothing here is legal advice, and nothing on this page predicts what any case is worth.
What decides what a bicycle accident claim is worth?
Mostly evidence and consequence, not the label on the incident. Who was responsible and what proves it. How badly you were hurt, what treatment you have had, and what you still need. What you have lost in earnings or independence. And what insurance is actually available to pay. An attorney licensed in your state has to weigh those against the facts before anyone can say what a claim is worth, which is why this page asks about them instead of offering a figure.
Capture the scene and your recovery
Photograph the bicycle, your helmet and the road surface before anything is repaired. Note any drain covers, potholes, tram lines or debris, and the position of parked cars. Keep the damaged bike and kit, and record the make and model.
Record what you know without guessing at fault. If you are unsure about something, write down that you are unsure — that is more useful later than a confident guess, and nobody expects you to have a complete account.
What tends to decide cases like this
Road defects get repaired, often within days of being reported, and the repair removes the evidence. Photograph the defect with something for scale and note the nearest house number before you leave, if you are able to. Where a vehicle was involved, the driver's account and yours frequently differ about position and speed, so anything that fixes the geometry — marks on the road, damage to the bike, where each vehicle stopped — is worth recording.
What can affect a claim like this
The evidence, the law that applies where it happened, the deadlines that apply to that kind of claim, and the circumstances all matter. Someone else’s result does not determine yours, and no figure on this site is a prediction for any case.
An attorney looks at how serious the injury is and how clearly it is documented, what care has been needed, whether the effects are expected to last, what income has been lost, who was responsible and what evidence shows it. Where responsibility is shared, how that is treated differs from state to state.
How to start
Choose bicycle accident in the form, add the state and city where it happened, and tell us how to reach you. It takes about a minute, nothing is sent until you press send, and you can stop at any point. Find A Tough Lawyer is a legal media and lead-generation service, not a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice.
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Can these settlements predict my result?
No. Any figure below is one case, reported by the source named beneath it. They are other people’s cases — not our results, not typical, and not a prediction for anyone else. What a particular claim is worth depends on the evidence, responsibility, treatment, losses, future needs, insurance and the law of that state.
We hold no published settlement for this kind of case yet. When one exists, it appears here with its source, its date and what it does and does not show. See the cases we do hold
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