Many people would expect that greater injuries will occur when the speed and the impact of the collision is greater. The truth is that this is not always true. In many cases, even when the speed of a vehicle is very slow, with little or no damage, minor impacts can cause significant injury and pain.

Sometimes no serious visual deformation may occur on a vehicle even though it is subjected to relatively high speeds of impact. Often times motor vehicle bodies or bumper to bumper chassis give little or no crushing effect. Thus relatively high G forces can result in whiplash or other injuries. The use of stiff motor vehicle bodies and chassis will also produce a spiked G force loading to those in the car, even if little damage occurs to vehicle body or the frame of the car. So as you can see, even minor collisions can result in injury.

Have you ever been grocery shopping for eggs and even though the egg carton looked fine you still opened it to make sure that the eggs inside were not cracked? That is because the true story of what happened inside the carton cannot be judged by the carton itself. That same logic applies to car accidents.

As you most likely know, injuries from a car accident can be very serious. What may appear to be minor injuries in the first few days and weeks after the accident can turn out to be quite major injuries. Diagnoses related to auto accidents include: whiplash, herniated discs, lower back pain, stiff neck, carpal tunnel, nerve entrapment, TMJ disorder, and headaches.

As set forth above, these serious injuries can occur after car crashes in which there is major damage AND in one which it is alleged that there is a minor impact.