Car Accident Injuries
Car accident injuries usually depend on the severity of the car crash, the position of the passengers and drivers as well as the car’s crash-worthiness.
Here are some of the common car accident injuries:
Whiplash injury - The most common car accident injury, 80% of car accident victims sustain whiplash
Face and Head Injuries – Car debris may cause scrapes, bruises, lacerations, fractures, and dental injury.
Brain Injury - Car occupants may hit their heads against the car and this may cause a concussion, post-concussion syndrome, closed head injury, and traumatic brain injury, among others.
Neck and Back Injuries – Neck and back injuries may range from a sprain, strain, fracture to disc injury, thoracic spine injury, lumbar radiculopathy, and lumbar spine injury.
Shoulder and Arm Injuries – The impact of the car crash may also result to lacerations, sprains, strains, fractures, dislocations, rotator cuff injury of the arm and shoulder.
Leg, Knee and Foot Injuries - Dislocation, ligament injury, hip injury, knee injury, and foot injury may also occur during a car crash.
Psychological Injuries - Car accidents is one of the leading causes of post traumatic stress disorder.