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Big Dog Law represents bicyclists hit by motor vehicles in Arizona — from intersection strikes to door-zone crashes. Free consultation, no fee unless we win.
A bicycle versus motor vehicle crash is rarely a fair fight. Even at low speeds, a two-thousand-pound car striking an unprotected rider produces injuries on a different scale than a typical motor vehicle collision — and the legal claim that follows demands the same level of seriousness from your attorney.
Bicycle crash basics
Right-hook collisions
A driver passes a cyclist and immediately turns right across their path.
Left-cross collisions
A driver turning left fails to yield to a cyclist coming straight through the intersection.
Door-zone crashes
A driver or passenger opens a door into the path of a moving cyclist.
Failure-to-yield at stop signs and signals
Drivers rolling through controls or pulling out of side streets.
Unsafe passing
Drivers passing without the legally required clearance and clipping the cyclist.
Dooring + traffic combinations
A cyclist swerves to avoid a door, into traffic. Both drivers may share fault.
Because the rider is unprotected, even moderate-impact crashes routinely produce serious injury patterns:
Traumatic brain injury and concussion
Even with a helmet, head injuries are common.
Facial fractures
Impact with the hood, windshield, or pavement.
Clavicle and scapula fractures
A signature injury of the typical "thrown over the bars" trajectory.
Wrist and arm fractures
Common from instinctive bracing on impact.
Pelvic and hip fractures
Especially in side-impact and door-zone crashes.
Spinal injuries
From neck strain through compression fractures and cord injury.
Road-rash and avulsion injuries
Often requiring debridement, skin grafts, and infection management.
Internal injuries
Splenic, liver, and kidney injuries from direct trunk impact.
Even though you weren’t in a car, your own auto policy’s uninsured/underinsured motorist and medical-payments coverage typically applies when you are struck by a motor vehicle as a pedestrian or cyclist. This is one of the most under-utilized sources of recovery in Arizona bike-crash cases.
Call 911
Get medical attention and a formal police report — both are essential.
Photograph the scene
Both vehicles, the bike, the road, signals, sight-lines, your gear, and your injuries.
Identify witnesses
Get names and phone numbers before they leave.
Preserve the bike and helmet
Don't discard either. Both can be evidence of impact direction and severity.
Get full medical evaluation
Imaging if there is any chance of head, neck, back, or internal injury.
Talk to a lawyer before talking to the driver's insurer
Especially before any recorded statement or signed release.
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