Most motorcycle crashes in South Carolina are not single-bike accidents. Federal safety data has long shown that motorcycles make up only about 3 percent of registered vehicles but close to 11 percent of highway deaths, and nearly half of motorcycle crashes involve a car or truck. The driver turned left in front of the rider, changed lanes into the bike, or forced the rider to lay it down to avoid a worse impact.
Those injuries are rarely minor. Spinal cord damage, brain injury, broken bones, amputations and severe road rash can change a rider's work and family life for years. Insurance companies know that, and they also know some jurors carry a bias against motorcyclists. A strong claim answers that bias with evidence.
Motorcycle crashes we handle
- Left-turn collisions at intersections
- Unsafe lane changes and merges into a rider
- Rear-end impacts at lights and stop signs
- Hit-and-run and uninsured driver claims
- Riders forced off the road or made to lay the bike down
- Crashes caused by road defects, gravel or debris
- Wrongful death claims for families of riders
How we build a motorcycle injury claim
We move quickly to preserve what proves fault: the crash report, photos of the scene and both vehicles, witness statements, and any video from nearby businesses or dash cameras. When the facts call for it, we work with accident reconstruction investigators, medical experts and economists to show exactly what happened and what the injury will cost over a lifetime.
That cost includes more than today's medical bills. A full claim accounts for future treatment, lost wages and lost earning capacity, scarring, permanent impairment and the pain of living with an injury that will not fully heal.
Helmets and fault in South Carolina
South Carolina does not require adult riders to wear a helmet. Riders under 21 must. Not wearing a helmet does not give a careless driver a free pass, and it does not by itself bar a claim. The question is who caused the crash, and that is where the evidence matters.
