Bicycle Accident Lawyer NYC

If a motor vehicle was involved, that vehicle's no-fault coverage pays your medical bills and lost earnings — up to $50,000 — regardless of fault, provided the application is filed within 30 days. Most injured cyclists never learn this and pay out of pocket. Unlike motorcyclists, cyclists are covered; unlike car occupants, they are also not restricted by the serious injury threshold in the same way when suing a driver.

• Dooring: a driver or passenger opening a door into the bike lane. Under New York law the person opening the door is responsible.
• Right hook: a vehicle turning right across a bike lane without yielding.
• Bike lane obstruction: double-parked cars, delivery trucks and idling vehicles forcing riders into traffic.
• Left cross: oncoming vehicles turning left across a rider's path.
• Road defects: potholes, sunken plates and grating — 90-day notice of claim against the City.
• Delivery riders: e-bike and app-based couriers, who may also have workers' compensation or platform coverage questions.

Citi Bike trip data, Strava and GPS traces, helmet-cam and dashcam footage, bike lane camera and building footage, the damaged bicycle itself, and photographs of the vehicle's position. We preserve the bike and the footage before either disappears — repair shops and DVR systems both erase evidence quickly.

Uninsured motorist coverage from a household policy, or MVAIC if you have none, applies. The MVAIC notice deadline is 90 days — see our hit and run page.

Clavicle and wrist fractures, facial injuries, concussion and traumatic brain injury, and disc injuries from impact with the roadway. Document a head injury even if you felt fine at the scene; delayed symptoms are common and gaps in the record are used against you.

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A car doored me in a bike lane.

Opening a door into traffic violates NY traffic rules and is strong liability evidence. Bike lane geometry and the door's position matter, so photograph the scene.

I hit a pothole and was thrown.

Claims against the City require prior written notice of the defect (Big Apple map or DOT records) and a Notice of Claim within 90 days.

I was not wearing a helmet.

For adults, no helmet is not a defense to liability in New York, though insurers argue it for head-injury damages. We meet that argument with medical causation proof.