Pedestrian and bicycle accidents
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When a car hits a person on foot or on a bike, there is nothing between them and the impact. Broken bones, head injury and long recoveries are common, and so are drivers who leave the scene.
California law gives pedestrians and cyclists strong protection: drivers must yield in crosswalks, marked or not, and must give cyclists three feet when passing. We use those rules, plus traffic camera footage and witness statements, to establish fault quickly. When the driver is uninsured or unidentified, we look to your own auto policy or a family member’s, which often covers you even on foot.
What to do now
- 1
Get medical attention immediately.
Head injuries and internal injuries are common and can be silent at first.
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Get the driver’s details, or the plate.
If they left, a partial plate, the car’s color, and the time and place help enormously. Report a hit and run to police the same day.
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Find witnesses and cameras.
Nearby businesses, buses and doorbell cameras often catch the collision. Footage is overwritten within days; we send requests immediately.
What your claim can include
- Emergency and ongoing medical treatment
- Lost income during recovery
- The bicycle and any damaged property
- Pain, suffering and scarring
- Uninsured motorist coverage from a policy in your household, even if you weren’t in a car
How long you have
Two years from the collision to file for injuries. If a poorly designed crosswalk, missing signal or unsafe road maintained by a city or the state contributed, you have only six months to file a government claim.
Good to know
- Jaywalking is no longer an automatic bar.
- Since 2023, California’s Freedom to Walk Act stops police citing safe mid-block crossings. Being outside a crosswalk does not end your case; comparative fault applies.
- Hit and run doesn’t mean no recovery.
- Uninsured motorist coverage on any car in your household typically covers you as a pedestrian or cyclist. We check every policy.
“I was in the bike lane and the driver just turned right across me. His insurance said I came out of nowhere. María pulled the footage from a bus that was behind him. That ended the argument.”
Every case is different. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in your case.