If you figure in a serious car accident, the one consequence that will stand out and make you suffer the most are the physical injuries that such a mishap can cause.

You can consider yourself fortunate if your injuries are relatively minor, but if your injuries are of the severe kind, you will have more than the injuries themselves to worry about in the coming months.

One of your biggest problems would have something to do with your finances. With all your injuries, you will most likely be spending weeks, even months, in a hospital. If you don’t have insurance, your hospital stay is going to cost you a lot of money.

Even if you do have insurance, there’s a possibility that the amount of your coverage is not going to be enough to pay for your hospitalization or your treatments. Then there’s the cost of your medication, and it’s going to be substantial.

Your medical expenses only represent a part of the difficult financial situation you will likely find yourself in as a consequence of the car accident. Because of your injuries, you won’t be able to work.

Even if the company you’re working for does provide its employees with sick leave credits, they are bound to run out eventually. When you’ve used up all your sick leave, you will end up losing your wages, at least until you become well enough to get back to work.

Yet another problem you’re going to have to deal with after a serious automobile accident is the fact that your car was damaged severely during the crash.

You may have already recovered well enough to get around your town or city, doing so is going to become really difficult when you don’t have a car. You’re going to have to commute if you go out to buy groceries or take your children to school.

If your transportation situation forces you to take a taxi regularly or rent a car, then the expense that comes with it is going to make a much bigger dent on your already messed-up finances.

However, one of the worst consequences of being in a car accident that, incidentally, is not always appropriately addressed is the trauma of the whole thing.

Many car crash victims find themselves waking up in the middle night screaming, experiencing nightmares where the accident plays over and over again in their heads.

Car accident survivors who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD also tend to be anxious, irritable, and experience feelings of uneasiness and distress, all of which can take a heavy toll on their family and social lives.

The consequences of car accidents are no laughing matter, and that’s why if you get involved in one, you must do everything you can that will enable you to deal with them, including filing a personal injury claim against the party that caused the accident. With the help of experienced accident attorneys, you should be able to get the just compensation that you deserve.

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About the Author

 Andrea Williams is the Community Manager at The Law Offices of Alcock & Associates P.C., a premier law group in Arizona that provides legal services to clients involved in Personal Injury, DUI, Immigration and Criminal cases. She enjoys cooking, reading books, and playing minigolf with her friends and family in her spare time.