Need A Recreational Vehicle Or ATV Accident Lawyer?

In the traditional sense, a recreational vehicle, often abbreviated as RV, is a motorized vehicle that combines both transportation and temporary living quarters for travel, recreation and camping. In the broader sense, a recreational vehicle is also any vehicle that someone rides regularly for enjoyment purposes. For instance, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), a pocket motorcycle, a snowmobile or any other recreational vehicle included in the Ontario Insurance Act.

The most common RV accidents include speeding, driving on paved roads, riding with two passengers, and accidents with children.

ATVs and snowmobiles can reach very high speeds. Unfortunately some riders don’t pay attention to safe posted limits. Considering these recreational vehicles are designed to traverse rugged terrain, collisions in uneven rural areas can cause especially serious injuries. Secondly, vehicles like these shouldn’t usually be driven on paved roads. When this is ignored, reckless or impaired ATVing or snowmobiling can cause vehicle rollover.

Elsewhere, recreational vehicles have long been associated with bravado. Not always designed to carry two passengers, some recreational vehicles can flip over putting the driver and passenger in immediate danger. Lastly, you might be surprised to learn that RV accidents often involve children too. In Ontario, snowmobile drivers must be at least 12-years-old. However, where minors are granted illegitimate access to recreational vehicles, their muscles and motor skills aren’t fully developed to handle both the vehicle and the effects of a collision.

As discussed above, recreational vehicle accidents are usually the result of many factors. These include collisions with other vehicles, distracted or impaired driving, hill climbing, reckless speeding, and vehicle rollover.

So, are RVs safe in crash? In short, recreational vehicle accidents often carry deadlier consequences in comparison to your standard car accident. Why? Because riders of vehicles like ATVs, pocket motorcycles and snowmobiles are openly exposed rather than riding in the cab of a motor vehicle equipped with a roll cage.

Where reckless or impaired recreational vehicle use takes place, recreational vehicle accident injuries can include amputation, bone and ligament injuries, concussions, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and even death. Despite recreational vehicles being designed with safety features in mind, some riders still abuse their privilege of enjoying open trails. Unfortunately, when a recreational vehicle is in the wrong hands, there’s always the potential for a recreational vehicle accident to take place.