Frontal Crash Auto Injuries

The most serious car accident injuries occur in frontal crashes. These injuries include broken bones, bloody wounds and threat to life. However, you are more likely to be injured in a low speed rear impact crash when there is little or no structural damage to either vehicle.

If an occupant in a crash is struck in the rear there is a good possibility that they were caught by surprise. Occupants caught by surprise are 15X more likely to suffer long term consequences.

When a subject in a rear end motor vehicle crash is caught by surprise, the body can be exposed to complex, multidirectional forces that converge on the spine simultaneously before the reflexes even have a chance to react.