What Risks are Associated with ATVs?
Like some automobiles and motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) have a high risk of possible rollovers and collisions. Hundreds of thousands of people are injured or killed every year in ATV accidents. Many suffer lifelong complications. Some manufacturer models are more prone to rollovers than others due to defective design.
Other risks to drivers and the environment from ATVs include:

Noise
Dust
Geological degradation
Carbon emissions

ATV use may be detrimental to riders with sensitive hearing or asthma. Environmental damage is caused by tire treads and carbon monoxide gas discharge.
How serious are ATV accidents?
Due to the size and weight of vehicles, ATV rollovers are extremely harmful to drivers, and especially children. Nearly three-quarters of all accidents result in serious head or spinal-cord injuries. At speeds of up to 55 mph, collisions are likely to eject a driver, risking impact with other objects as well.
Rollovers can be crippling. Even with newer structural protection for riders' arms and legs, crushed or amputated extremities are common injuries. Youths are especially at risk. Their smaller body frames and developing bones make injuries more catastrophic and healing more critical.
How can I avoid wrecks and rollovers?
Read up on model design before purchasing an ATV. A recent recall of Yamaha Rhinos is evidence of how product design can become the manufacturer's liability.
The best protection against ATV mishaps is practicing safe driving. Contact retailers for news about driver-training courses in your area. Download a fact sheet on important safety tips from the ATV Safety Institute .
In the event of a possible design-related accident, a product liability lawyer can help you determine who is liable. The Law Office of Thomas M. Kiley will evaluate your case for FREE. There are NO FEES unless one of our attorneys wins your case.

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$ 3.5 million Settlement for
auto injury

Our eighteen-year-old client was driving on an interstate into the early morning sun. As he drove over a rise in the road, he struck a car that was disabled and stopped in the middle of the road because a 150-pound wheel and tire detached from a tractor-trailer rig traveling in the opposite direction. The lugs holding the tire had broken off, causing the tire and wheel to travel across the median strip, and hit and disable the stopped vehicle.
Awarded: $ 3.5 million

$1,000,000 Jury Verdict for
86 year-old woman

Our client an 86 year-old woman sustained an injury after being struck by a bus. The inattentive bus driver was warned by a passenger that the woman was crossing in front of the bus but could not stop in time to avoid impact.
Awarded: $1,000,000

$785,000 Settlement for
crushed ankle

Our client was operating his motorcycle on a two-lane road when a large box truck made a U-turn into his path of travel. The client attempted to avoid the collision by laying his motorcycle on its side. Unfortunately his lower leg and ankle came in contact with the truck causing seven fractures and soft tissue injury.
Awarded: $785,000

DISCLAIMER: Please note that every case is different and these verdicts and settlements, while accurate, do not represent what we may obtain for you in your case.

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Q: Are ATV Risks Avoidable?

What Risks are Associated with ATVs?

Like some automobiles and motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) have a high risk of possible rollovers and collisions. Hundreds of thousands of people are injured or killed every year in ATV accidents. Many suffer lifelong complications. Some manufacturer models are more prone to rollovers than others due to defective design.

Other risks to drivers and the environment from ATVs include:

Noise
Dust
Geological degradation
Carbon emissions

ATV use may be detrimental to riders with sensitive hearing or asthma. Environmental damage is caused by tire treads and carbon monoxide gas discharge.

How serious are ATV accidents?

Due to the size and weight of vehicles, ATV rollovers are extremely harmful to drivers, and especially children. Nearly three-quarters of all accidents result in serious head or spinal-cord injuries. At speeds of up to 55 mph, collisions are likely to eject a driver, risking impact with other objects as well.

Rollovers can be crippling. Even with newer structural protection for riders' arms and legs, crushed or amputated extremities are common injuries. Youths are especially at risk. Their smaller body frames and developing bones make injuries more catastrophic and healing more critical.

How can I avoid wrecks and rollovers?

Read up on model design before purchasing an ATV. A recent recall of Yamaha Rhinos is evidence of how product design can become the manufacturer's liability.

The best protection against ATV mishaps is practicing safe driving. Contact retailers for news about driver-training courses in your area. Download a fact sheet on important safety tips from the ATV Safety Institute.

In the event of a possible design-related accident, a product liability lawyer can help you determine who is liable. The Law Office of Thomas M. Kiley will evaluate your case for FREE. There are NO FEES unless one of our attorneys wins your case.

The personal injury attorneys at The Kiley Law Group are dedicated to helping the victims of:

Car, motorcycle, truck, van or bus accident
Single vehicle accidents such as SUV or 15-passenger van rollovers
Pedestrian accidents such as a hit and run
Defective products such as ineffective airbags or seatbelts, prescription drugs with unpublicized side-effects, or hazardous children's toys
Child injury and child abuse such as negligence
Birth injuries such as trauma during labor or cerebral palsy

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The firm's headquarters are in Andover, MA and serves the following cities in Massachusetts: Boston, Danvers, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Methuen, Middleton, Reading, and Salem, MA and Salem, New Hampshire.

Massachusetts personal injury lawyer, Thomas M. Kiley, is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and is a respected member of the American Association for Justice and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

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