Why Every Bicycle Accident Needs a Witness

Being hit while riding your bicycle can be a pretty traumatic experience, and with any luck, it will never happen to you. However, if it does, there are a few crucial steps that you need to take. First, you should make sure you are relatively okay, check on the driver, and finally, you need to round up witnesses to the accident.

Typically, in a bicycle accident, it isn’t very hard to find witnesses. Many people who see the accident will either be stopped or will have come up to check on you. However, what then? Don’t ask them to stop and wait for the police with you. They have places to be. If they were gracious enough to agree to be your witness, be sure to ask them for their name and contact information as well as a written description of what they saw happen. This is often a step that slips most people’s minds after a cycling accident, but witnesses can make or break a case.

An unfortunate reality in our society is that the laws are skewed toward motor vehicles. Even if a car blatantly hit you on your bicycle, their lawyers may be able to nitpick every little thing that you were doing that day as a breach of road rules. By having a witness and multiple written statements, what happened that day is pretty clear cut, which is something that every injured person deserves.

If you or someone you know has been the victim of a cycling accident in the Los Angeles area, contact us today. The lawyers of Freeman & Freeman specialize in personal injury cases and are dedicated to fighting for your justice.