Imagine riding your bicycle down a road at top speed. Now imagine a thick, wide frame of metal smacking you in the face while on your bike. That can give you an idea as to why even driving as slow as 30 mph can cause you serious harm. Sometimes we tend to think we’re as strong as the vehicle we’re driving. But we’re not; we’re soft and fragile humans zooming around in hard, fortified machines.
Below are three types of auto body accidents and how they typically harm our bodies:
Frontend Collision
Frontend, or head-on-head collision, means two vehicles smacking into each other from their front. This usually leads to chest, legs, and pelvis bruises or wounds. The forward motion of a head-on collision plunges a driver into the steering wheel. Injuries tend to be more severe when drivers aren't buckled.
Backend Collision
Backend collisions are usually caused by tailgating – when two cars are driving too close together. Body injuries typically include the head, chest, spine, and neck during rear crashes. The reason this collision tends to cause those injuries is whiplash. Whiplash describes when your head whips violently forward and back as a result of the impact.
Side-End Collision
When the frontend of a vehicle collides into the side of another, it can cause injuries to people sitting on either end. A person sitting on the side that was collided into may suffer injury in the chest and abdomen. One sitting on the opposite side of the collision may suffer a head injury and sometimes chest. If two are in the vehicle, the person on the struck-side will be hit by the door panel and smack into the person on the opposite side, which launches that person into the panel where the seatbelt is stationed.
If you or someone you know has suffered one of these collisions, let Brothers Collision & Mechanical get your vehicle back to looking its best with new parts at our auto body shop located locally in Rochester NY!
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