Pedestrian and Bicycle Accident Lawyers in Colorado Springs

Someone on foot or on a bike has no protection in a collision with a car. These cases involve serious injuries far more often than crashes between vehicles, and they often involve arguments about whether the person who was hit should have been somewhere else.

Pedestrians

Drivers must yield to pedestrians in crosswalks and take care to avoid anyone in the road. Insurers still argue that a pedestrian crossed mid-block, wore dark clothing, or stepped out suddenly. Because Colorado reduces a recovery by the injured person’s share of fault, those arguments matter, and they are answered with the physical evidence: where the impact happened, the lighting, the driver’s speed and sightlines, and video.

Parking lot crashes are common and are often private-property cases, where the lot’s design and lighting can be part of the claim.

Bicycles

Colorado drivers must leave at least three feet when passing a bicyclist. Since 2022, bicyclists may slow and yield at a stop sign, rather than coming to a full stop, when it is safe; this is sometimes called the safety stop. Insurers and even police sometimes get these rules wrong, and a crash report that blames the rider for lawful riding is worth challenging.

Your own auto policy may cover you while cycling. Medical payments and uninsured motorist coverage often follow the person, not the car, depending on the policy.

E-bikes and scooters

Colorado sorts e-bikes into three classes based on whether the motor assists only while pedaling and the speed at which it cuts out, and generally treats them like bicycles. Local rules about where e-bikes and scooters may ride differ, and whether the rider was where they were allowed to be can become part of the fault argument. Rental scooter crashes can raise questions about the equipment and about the terms the rental company imposed in its app.

Buses and public transit

When a city bus or other public vehicle is involved, the claim is against a government entity, and different rules apply. Colorado’s Governmental Immunity Act allows claims arising from a public employee’s operation of a motor vehicle, but it caps damages, bars punitive damages, and requires written notice within 182 days of discovering the injury. Missing that notice can end the claim.

Private buses, shuttles, and tour coaches are handled like other commercial vehicles.

How we handle these claims

We get the scene evidence and video before it’s gone, challenge crash reports that misstate the law, find every applicable policy including your own, and calendar the government notice deadline on day one whenever a public vehicle, road, or facility may be involved.