Most Common Injuries From a Car Crash
According to the United States Department of Transportation, torso injuries are the most common among victims on American highways, both fatal and surviving, and spinal injuries are the least frequent, although they are no less serious. We are going to see in each case what the consequences are for the victims.
The most common injuries caused by a car crash
Torso and chest injuries
Brain injury
We are mainly talking about head injuries (TCE), in which loss of consciousness and skull fracture occur at the time of the accident. The severity of this type of injury varies between full recovery after the recovery period and the patient's vegetative state.
They are within the so-called Acquired Brain Injury (ACD), because they suddenly burst into the life of the victim, and this can affect their autonomy and quality of life.
Head, neck, and face injury

Extremity injury
Although fissures or sprains of the wrists, knees, etc. are more frequent, open fractures and even amputations are also common in serious accidents. Motorcyclists are more prone to serious limb injuries.
In the recovery process, long sessions of rehabilitation and physiotherapy are also often necessary.
Backbone injury
Spinal cord injury
When the spinal injury is especially severe, damage to the spinal cord can occur, with internal injuries and impact fractures being the most common causes.
Unlike the injuries to the vertebrae, in this case, it is the nervous tissue that is affected. As this nervous tissue is responsible for transmitting orders from the brain to the different parts of the body, we can find different degrees of injury depending on the spinal cord affected: paraplegia, tetraplegia, hemiplegia, etc.
In recovery, rehabilitation with physiotherapy is especially important, not only to recover mobility (which is sometimes irreversible) but also to avoid deformities or respiratory problems.