Arizona · Personal injury · Trial-ready representation
Phoenix cyclists struck by drivers face high-injury crashes and insurers organized to push fault onto the rider. Big Dog Law represents Phoenix cyclists with the evidence and case-building these claims actually require.
A bicycle vs. car crash is a one-sided event — the cyclist takes virtually all of the energy. The injuries are usually serious. The legal pressure runs the other way: insurers default to blaming the cyclist for “darting out,” running a sign, or being where they shouldn’t have been. Most of those defenses fall apart on the evidence, but they don’t fall apart on their own. Phoenix bicycle cases need the same disciplined work as any serious motor-vehicle case — and a clear-eyed approach to the “share-the-road” narrative the carrier will try to push.
Phoenix bicycle basics
"Right hook" turns
Drivers turning right across a cyclist's path — particularly at commercial-driveway exits and intersections — are a chronic source of serious injury crashes.
Left-cross collisions
Drivers turning left across oncoming bicycle traffic, frequently combined with "I didn't see them" testimony.
Dooring crashes
Drivers and passengers opening doors into cyclists in bike lanes or on the right edge of the road.
Rear-end strikes
Distracted-driving rear-end crashes on bike-lane corridors, particularly at higher speeds.
Roadway-condition crashes
Pavement, drainage-grate, and bike-lane-design failures that produce single-bike crashes attributable to public-entity defendants.
Traumatic brain injury
Even with a helmet, TBI is a major component of cycling crashes — particularly in higher-speed events.
Spinal cord and back injury
Disc, vertebral, and (less often but devastating) cord injuries.
Fractures
Clavicles, wrists, hips, and lower-extremity fractures are particularly common.
Internal injuries
Crash forces transferred through the body cause organ injuries that are sometimes missed in initial ER workups.
Road rash and degloving injuries
Soft-tissue and skin injuries that often require multiple plastic-surgery procedures.
Cyclist struck in Phoenix?
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Phoenix, AZ
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