Austin Speeding Accident Lawyers
Austin Speeding Accident Attorneys Serving Clients Across Texas
When reckless speed alters lives on Austin roads, injured victims deserve reliable legal representation. Speeding-related crashes happen nationwide, robbing families of memorable experiences and forcing survivors to navigate complex insurance battles while healing from serious injuries.
Thomas J. Henry Law brings much-needed resources to speeding accident claims in Austin. With over 200 personal injury attorneys ready to fight for your rights, we handle the legal complexities while you focus on recovery. Our team has secured over $1 billion for clients over the past four years. If dangerous travel speeds from other drivers caused your injuries, our personal injury attorneys are here to help you seek compensation.
The Reality of Speeding on Austin Roadways
Excessive speed remains one of the most dangerous behaviors seen across Texas roadways. Speeding contributes to roughly 35% of all traffic fatalities in Austin, Texas, making travel speed management a critical area of focus for City Council members. When drivers exceed posted speed limits on highways and at intersections, the risk of an auto collision increases significantly, so the city has been implementing road redesigns and increased ticketing measures as part of its Vision Zero initiative.
Texas Roads Known for Speeding-Related Crashes
Major thoroughfares create conditions where speeding becomes especially hazardous. Interstate 35 experiences frequent congestion, yet impatient drivers weave through traffic at increased speeds. MoPac Expressway and U.S. Highway 290 often tempt motorists to accelerate dangerously. Highway 183 and downtown intersections along Lamar Boulevard and Riverside Drive see heavy traffic alongside speeding vehicles.
Injuries Associated With High-Speed Collisions
The force generated in speeding crashes often results in life-altering injuries, including:
- Traumatic brain injuries: Violent impacts can cause permanent cognitive damage, requiring years of rehabilitation.
- Spinal cord damage: Vertebrae fractures lead to paralysis and chronic pain for some.
- Bone fractures: High-velocity collisions often require surgery and prolonged recovery.
- Internal organ damage: Abdominal trauma typically demands immediate emergency intervention.
- Whiplash injuries: Neck and back injuries can create persistent pain and limited mobility issues.
Your Legal Rights Following a Speeding Crash
Texas law protects victims injured by negligent drivers. Taking appropriate action after a crash strengthens your ability to recover fair compensation.
Critical Steps After Being Hit by a Speeding Driver
Seek immediate medical evaluation after being hit by a speeding driver, as many injuries manifest symptoms hours or days after the impact. Contact law enforcement to establish an official accident report. Preserve any evidence by photographing vehicle damage, skid marks and visible injuries. Officers can help collect witness information from bystanders who observed the driver’s speed and the incident.
We recommend that you avoid admitting fault or providing any recorded statements to insurance companies before consulting an attorney.
Immediate Legal Representation Matters
Texas imposes strict deadlines for filing lawsuits, typically allowing just two years from the date of the accident. Evidence disappears and insurance companies often exploit delays. Our attorneys take immediate control of the situation, helping to secure evidence and communicate with insurance adjusters directly to pursue the best possible outcome.
Building Strong Negligence Cases Against Speeding Drivers
Winning compensation requires proving the speeding driver’s actions directly caused your injuries. Texas negligence law requires demonstrating duty of care, breach through speeding, causation and actual damages.
Official police reports, traffic citations, vehicle damage, dashcam footage and GPS data can provide evidence of speed violations. Traffic camera footage captures actual vehicle speeds before impact. Event data recorders store “black box” data revealing precise speed and braking inputs. Our accident reconstruction experts use physics to calculate speeds and determine fault. Witness testimony corroborates speeding behavior, and medical documentation connects crash forces to specific injuries.
Compensation Available to Speeding Accident Victims
Our attorneys work closely with you to obtain every dollar you deserve.
Economic Damages
Quantifiable expenses include all medical costs from emergency treatment through future care needs. We help recover lost wages and account for permanently diminished earning capacity. Property damage often covers vehicle repair or replacement. Out-of-pocket expenses include transportation, home modifications and assistive devices.
Non-Economic Damages for Personal Suffering
In addition to medical bills and economic damages from injuries, our firm pursues compensation for more qualitative injuries. Some of these may include:
- Mental anguish
- Anxiety
- Depression
- PTSD
- Inability to participate in previously enjoyed activities
- Disfigurement or scarring
These injuries can have long-term effects deserving consideration. Our firm considers the whole picture when evaluating your case to get you the compensation you deserve.
Additional Damage Categories
Texas allows punitive damages when a defendant acts with gross negligence. Extreme speeding combined with intoxication may justify punitive awards. When speeding drivers cause fatal accidents, surviving families can pursue wrongful death claims for funeral expenses, loss of support and mental anguish.
Contact Our Austin Speeding Accident Lawyers Today
If reckless speed caused your injuries, there is no need to face insurance companies alone. Thomas J. Henry Law is ready to work for the compensation you deserve. Our office at 4401 West Gate Blvd, Suite 200, welcomes walk-ins from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and our attorneys remain available 24/7. For clients unable to travel, we arrange home or hospital consultations.
Contact us today to speak with an Austin speeding attorney who will evaluate your case. You can submit a contact form to begin your path toward justice and recovery.
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Your questions
answered
We have straight answers to difficult questions to help you make critical decisions, navigate legal process and help you get justice.
Following an accident, there are always more questions than answers. At Thomas J. Henry, we’re here to answer any questions you have about your injury case.
I Am Unable to Travel to Your Austin Office, Can I Still Speak with an Attorney?
Yes. Our Austin injury attorneys are on-call, 24/7. If an in-person meeting is necessary and you are unable to travel to our offices, we will send an attorney directly to you.
Do I Need an Appointment to Speak with an Austin Attorney or are Walk-Ins Accepted?
We do accept walk-ins at our Austin offices. For your convenience, however, you may wish to make an appointment by calling our offices or completing an online contact form.
What Do I Risk by Not Contacting an Experienced Austin Injury Lawyer?
If you have been involved in an accident or suffered injury due to negligence, speaking with an experienced Austin injury attorney will help protect your rights and your claim to financial compensation. Failing to contact an attorney can leave you open to tactics insurers use to limit their liability and diminish your financial recovery. These tactics include:
- Unintentional inconsistencies – Crashes and accidents are hectic and disorienting. As time moves on, you will likely remember less and less about the events leading up to and following your accident. When an insurance company goes back to compare all the statements you made over a period of weeks or months, they will claim that any inconsistencies were attempts by you to mislead the company and label them as lies before a judge or a jury.
- Exposure to trick questions – Representatives often ask trick questions or word their inquiries in a way meant to trick or trap you. You may even be pressured into agreeing to facts that are not completely accurate just to get the representative off your back. Even an aggravated response of “I don’t know, maybe” or “I guess” can come back to haunt you later.
- Exposure to leading statements – Even a statement that seems innocent on its surface can damage your claim depending on your response. For example, by giving a positive response to statements like “I hope your back is starting to feel a bit better” or “Wow, it’s a miracle you weren’t more seriously injured,” you could be tricked into understating the severity of your injuries.
- Failure to report undiagnosed injuries – Most doctors agree that the full extent of injuries suffered in an accident may not be evident until several days after the accident has occurred. If a claims adjuster contacts you within 24 hours of a crash and asks about your injuries, chances are you will not be able to provide a complete list of injuries. This will not stop the insurance company from questioning and attempting to dismiss any injuries that became symptomatic after that initial recorded statement was made.
- Provide material for cross-examination – By the time deposition or trial occurs, chances are the defense counsel will have reviewed your recorded statements dozens of times. They will craft questions for cross-examination with the understanding that you likely don’t remember everything you said or agreed to in that recorded statement. And when you misremember or contradict yourself in a moment of confusion, they will try to claim your misstatement proves your testimony is not credible.
How Can a Austin Injury Attorney Help Me with My Claim?
A successful personal injury attorney will utilize their legal expertise, resources, and knowledgeable support staff to develop your case in a way that accurately demonstrates liability as well as any economic and non-economic damages you have incurred. The ultimate goal is to take care of the client’s claim so that the client can focus on their health and physical recovery.
Thomas J. Henry Law has the legal and financial resources necessary to properly build and handle your case in the most effective and efficient way possible. Your attorney will make sure you are treated with respect, are kept informed with the most up-to-date information on your case, and that you are comfortable throughout the entire legal process as we work to secure the compensation you deserve. We will also work with medical providers to ensure you receive proper medical treatment for all of your injuries.
Experienced attorneys also have access to expert witnesses with specialized knowledge on a subject related to the case. Thomas J. Henry has spent years finding the best expert witnesses across the United States. Our firm retains the most qualified experts for each individual case, from accident reconstruction experts to medical professionals. Every expert undergoes a rigorous and in-depth examination process before ever being involved in a client’s case.
Do I Need an Attorney for My Austin Accident?
The risks of not contacting an attorney after an accident cannot be overstated. Simply put, you are risking your entire claim to recovery as well as future financial stability.
Insurance adjusters are familiar with claim procedures and liability. When an insurance adjuster calls you with questions concerning your accident, they are looking for information that limits the liability of their client and information that can be used to downplay the extent of your injuries.
Further, adjusters will often ask that you provide a recorded statement concerning your accident and injuries. While they may say that the sole purpose of the recorded statement is to gather information needed to move your claim forward, the statement can actually be used to erode your case and right to recovery.
It is the adjuster’s job to limit your recovery and save their company money. An attorney will help you protect your rights and your claim to fair compensation.
Why
choose
us?
We help clients across the U.S. with all types of injury cases, including vehicle accidents, slip and falls, wrongful death, product recalls, pharmaceutical cases, mass tort, and more.
Thomas J. Henry offers a “No Fee Promise.” We work on a contingency fee basis which means you do not pay our firm any fees unless and until we win your case. Learn more.
If you’ve been hurt, you may have a damaged vehicle or be unable to work. We can help get you a rental car if your vehicle is damaged and even advance money on qualified cases.
We are committed to your complete recovery. We will work with you to ensure you receive the necessary medical treatment and support for your healing journey.
If you’ve been hurt, you may not be able to come into our offices to speak to an attorney. Don’t worry, we will come to you wherever you are – at home, work, or hospital.
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Los abogados de Thomas J Henry son personas muy amables y gracias a ellos mi caso se resolvió muy pronto y con buenos resultados.
Five stars are not enough to express the professional qualities and dedication this firm has to their clients.
Thomas J. Henry is a wonderful company they really take care of their clients, and their employees are really nice as well.
When I had my car accident I didn’t know who to call. I got pointed in the right direction from a good person I know. I appreciate everything my legal team did for me.
I highly recommend TJH for any personal injury case.
I had a great experience! Me and my daughter got in a car accident 2023 and they were able to reach a settlement for us. My favorite aspect was the communication and how much they care. Highly recommend!
Muy buena experiencia contados las personas. Y con los traductores.
Our family worked with Thomas J. Henry Law after a major car accident, and we’re truly grateful for their support. The team was responsive, patient, and thorough every step of the way.
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