With more than 65% of its area covered by forests, endless hiking trails and beautiful lakes, rivers and mountains, Ontario is the ATV enthusiast’s heaven! However, as with all adventure-sports, the risks of injury are ever-present. Medical assistance is top-priority when you or a loved one has been injured in an ATV accident, but it’s also important to contact a personal injury lawyer without delay to ensure that your rights are protected and you receive the just compensation from those responsible for the accident. 

What are ATVs?

ATVs or All Terrain Vehicles are known by various other names – quads, three/four-wheelers, quadricycles, etc – and they’re essentially designed to be used on almost every kind of terrain. They’re meant to be ridden by a single rider, and are configured with a seat and handlebars mounted on low-pressure tires. They’re more stable than motor-cycles because they have four wheels. Some ATVs may have three or six wheels too. They’re popular for riding adventure trails and off-roading across mountainous and coastal areas.

Though we assume that ATVs are recreational vehicles, in fact they are extensively used in the agricultural sector to inspect livestock, farmlands, boundaries, haul supplies and provide medical treatment to animals, etc.

Types of ATV Injuries 

ATV accidents occur usually due to flipping/rolling of the vehicle, or the rider being pinned under it. Though not designed for paved roads, they’re often ridden by children and inexperienced riders on city streets, leading to accidents. 2008 statistics reveal that more than 15 people are taken to emergency-rooms across Ontario and at least one person is hospitalized daily with ATV accident-related injuries which include:

• minor cuts, bruises, lacerations, sprains
• broken/fractured bones
• whiplash
• deep wounds
• soft tissue injuries
• traumatic brain injury
• spinal/neck damage
• concussion
• chest/abdominal trauma
• long-term or permanent disability
• loss of vision, hearing, memory etc,
• amputation
• disfigurement
• internal organ damage, bleeding
• death

Victims need a personal injury lawyer to advise them on getting immediate top-quality medical treatment and raising the funds for it.

As our personal injury lawyers are aware, almost every type of ATV injury can be life-changing. It could result in physical/emotional pain and suffering, enormous present and future financial costs for medical treatment and rehabilitation, loss of income/wages, loss of career, major changes to lifestyle and dwelling arrangements, psychological and social changes, re-education/re-training, care-giver costs etc that your insurance may not fully cover. Accidents are caused by someone’s fault or negligence and the injured are entitled to seek compensation from those responsible for the accident via a personal injury claim. A free consultation injury lawyer can provide a swift, genuine and comprehensive evaluation of your case and advise you on further steps to be taken.

How We Can Assist

Our experienced personal injury lawyers can help victims with filing compensation claims under the relevant local/state/federal safety norms,  compiling evidence to establish liability, provide eye-witness/expert  testimony. Establishing liability can be challenging and our accident injury lawyers available 24×7 can help victims through all aspects, while ensuring that their interests are safeguarded at all times.

If you, your family or a friend has been injured in an accident, please feel free to speak to one of our injury lawyers for a free consultation about how we are able to assist in making a personal injury claim. We consult in all cities across Ontario with a no win no fee guarantee. Our personal injury lawyers have helped victims secure millions of dollars in personal injury cases. Call us Toll Free On our 24/7 Injury Hotline: 1 – 844 495 7333 or Text a Personal Injury ‎Lawyer 24/7 and get instant help. (416 931 5015)