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Were you or someone you love hurt in a motorcycle crash?

If a crash on a motorcycle changed your life, you are in the right place.

Are you in an emergency right now?

  • Check yourself and others for injuries, breathing, and bleeding.
  • Call 911 if anyone is hurt or the road is not safe.
  • Move away from traffic if you can do it safely.
  • Get medical care even if you feel fine. Adrenaline can hide serious injuries.
  • This page is for after you are safe.

This page covers motorcycle crash deadlines and what to do right now. We are the injured person's advocate. We connect you with a lawyer who handles cases like yours, so you get the full settlement your recovery deserves. Always free. Talk to an advocate. We usually reply within minutes, at most one business day.

Motorcycle crashes are far more dangerous than car crashes. In 2023, 6,335 motorcyclists were killed in traffic crashes in the United States, about 15% of all traffic deaths that year (NHTSA). Riders are about 28 times more likely to die per mile traveled than someone in a car (NHTSA). Among riders aged 15 to 20, deaths jumped 44% in one year, from 350 in 2022 to 505 in 2023 (NHTSA).

Why motorcycle claims are tricky

Motorcycle crashes carry a bias problem car crashes usually do not. Insurance adjusters, and sometimes juries, assume the rider was speeding, lane-splitting, or reckless before they know any facts. This bias can lower an offer even when the other driver was fully at fault.

Injuries also tend to be severe, since a rider has no metal frame or airbags. Evidence disappears fast: skid marks fade, debris gets swept away, and witnesses move on. Photograph the scene early before the insurance company writes the story instead. Talk to an advocate and they will introduce you to a lawyer who documents what really happened.

What real motorcycle cases have paid

These are publicly reported results. They show how widely serious cases vary. They are examples only. No one can promise or predict what any case is worth, and many cases resolve for far less.

We are not a law firm and this is not legal advice. Serious motorcycle injuries carry serious lifetime costs, and the system can pay for them when the case is handled well.

When it goes wrong: a true story

In June 2025, a San Antonio jury awarded Blas Mendez Jr., a former school district behavior specialist, $831 million after a motorcycle crash left him permanently disabled. A drunk 18-year-old driver, overserved at a bar, flipped his vehicle and sent debris into Mendez's path on his Harley-Davidson (Seguin Today).

It was the largest verdict in the city's history, but the bar that overserved the young driver had already closed by the time the case was decided, and reporting notes the family is unlikely to collect most, if any, of the $831 million, because there may not be enough insurance or assets left to pay it (Seguin Today). A big number on paper is not the same as money in hand, which is why identifying every source of insurance early matters. Talk to an advocate as soon as you can.

Protect your case

  1. Call the police and get a copy of the crash report.
  2. Photograph the scene, your bike, your gear, and your injuries before anything is moved, repaired, or thrown away.
  3. Get contact information from any witnesses.
  4. Warning: don't wait! Your state's filing deadline is a trap. Miss it and your claim is gone for good. The longer you wait, the fuzzier memories get and evidence disappears. Find your state on our state pages and act now.
  5. Talk to an advocate at WeHelpInjured. It is free.

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What we can help with

We help you understand what happened and your rights, in plain language. We make sense of your state's filing deadline and every source of insurance that may apply, and we connect you with a lawyer who handles cases like yours. All of it is free to you.

Talk to an advocate. It is free, and it only takes a few minutes.

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