New Mexico Bone Fractures

Traffic accidents in New Mexico can cause devastating injuries, including broken bones and fractures. Despite the fact that bones are stronger than steel, broken bones are actually one of the most commonly reported injuries after auto accidents.

Most often, broken bones are the result of blunt force trauma to the body, being crushed during a collision, or forcibly twisting extremities in unusual ways. The sheer force of impact on the body causes bones to shatter, fracture, crush, and get broken in other ways.

Broken bone injuries can be painful and debilitating. When you suffer broken bones in a New Mexico car accident because someone else is reckless, you deserve to be compensated for your medical bills, lost wages, and other crash-related damages. That's why it's advised to consult with a auto accident lawyer in Albuquerque. 

Which Bones Are Broken Most Often in New Mexico Car Accidents?

Even though our bones are strong, the force of impact of a collision can be stronger. The specific types of broken bone injuries you suffer can depend on what type of car accident you’re involved in, where you’re seated in a vehicle, and the speed at which the collision occurs.

• Closed fractures: bones break within the body and do not pierce the skin
• Compound fractures: broken bones are visible because they pierce your soft tissue and skin, protruding outward
• Transverse fracture: a fracture runs straight across the middle of the bone, severing it into at least two different pieces

• Oblique fracture: a fracture runs diagonally across a bone

• Compression fracture: a fracture and/or collapse of the vertebrae in your spine

• Spiral fracture: a break caused by a forcible twisting motion on the body

• Greenstick fracture: an incomplete fracture where a small segment of the bone is fractured

• Segmental fracture: a multi-fracture injury that causes one section of the bone to be completely separated from the rest  

Broken bones can occur in any part of the body. Most often, crash victims experience broken bones in the wrist, fingers, hands, arms, chest, ribs, legs, neck, feet, and vertebrae in the spine.

Research shows that women are most likely to suffer humerus fractures in the shoulder, while men are most likely to suffer femur fractures in the leg. Age, overall health, and other factors will, however, influence which bones - if any - are most susceptible to fracturing in a New Mexico motor vehicle accident.

Demand Compensation For Your Broken Bones After a Car Accident in New Mexico

Don’t struggle with the costs and consequences of your broken bone injuries on your own after a wreck in New Mexico. Call Singleton Schreiber and trust our Albuquerque injury lawyers to help you fight for the life-changing monetary award you deserve.

We’re nationally recognized litigators with a proven track record of getting big results for our clients - totaling more than $2.5 Billion. Now, we’re ready to help you move forward after your broken bone injuries. 

We represent clients throughout the state of New Mexico, so call one of our conveniently located law offices in Albuquerque, Clovis, Hobbs, Las Vegas, Los Lunas, Mora, or Ruidoso to schedule a free consultation now.