A serious car accident in Colorado Springs can leave victims worried about their injuries, their hospital bills, and their wrecked vehicle. Ganderton Law LLC represents a shortcut around this frustrating mess.

We come to the rescue and fight to make sure injured victims quickly receive the support they need to rebuild their lives. Contact our offices to secure a free, no-obligation consultation with a real car accident lawyer. Find out where to find the fastest route to getting your life back to normal.

How Do I Know If I Need a Lawyer After a Colorado Springs Accident?

If you come out of a collision with only some car damage or a few very minor injuries, you may not benefit from having a lawyer. Getting a car fixed after an accident has become pretty standardized. The problems arise when you are carried away with a more serious injury, like a broken arm, neck injury, or a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

These injuries bring longer recoveries and stacks of medical bills. They trigger car insurance adjusters to work overtime to pin the accident on you. If they can’t make the blame stick, they’ll attempt to cast doubt on how severe your injuries are. These are unfair tactics meant to rob you of support at such a vulnerable time.

A skilled lawyer is a shield against this shady treatment. Your Colorado Springs Car Accident Lawyer immediately investigates what happened and the driver at fault. With evidence in hand, your lawyer can often secure much more in support for you. It’s often well beyond what you could earn by filing an injury claim yourself.

Car Accident Hazards on Colorado Springs Roads

Colorado Springs residents and those passing through will find daily fast-paced traffic on major routes like I-25 and Powers Boulevard. It’s easy to get caught in an accident, and drivers who look at their cellphones and drive recklessly don’t help matters. Distracted drivers and careless motorists force collisions that cause major injuries and tragic deaths.

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) reports that Colorado Springs collisions claimed a shocking 47 lives in 2024. That was nearly identical to 2023’s figure of 48 lives lost. It was well below the 10-year high reached in 2022 when accidents led to 53 fatalities.

Local drivers are put at risk by these and other types of collisions:

• Head-On Collisions
• Rear-End Collisions
• Sideswipe Accidents
• Speeding Accidents
• Accidents at Traffic Lights
• Collisions at Stop-Sign Intersections
• Rollover Accidents
• Aggressive Driving Accidents
• Distracted Driving Accidents
• Construction Zone Accidents
• Collisions Caused by Big Rigs and Farm Vehicles

It may be obvious that a bad driver caused your accident, but that doesn’t mean you are guaranteed to get the full attention of car insurance providers. It doesn’t mean you’ll receive the full support to pay your recovery bills.

Insurance adjusters have been taught to delay your settlement check so that you get more and more desperate for help with each doctor bill that shows up. Maybe you’ll accept less for your accident if you are made to wait. A skilled car accident lawyer cuts through these unfair games to speed up the process. Ganderton Law LLC gets aggressive to deliver the support you’ll need to heal physically and financially.

What to Do After a Frightening Car Accident

Getting spun around in a collision along Academy Boulevard or Fillmore Street can leave you in shock. In some cases, you may be in pain or even unconscious. Safety must be your first priority. Call 911 and get an ambulance on the way if you are hurt.

Then, if you are left strong enough and the scene is secure, it’s time to begin work on building your case. Some of the most powerful evidence will be found on the scene of the crash within 15 minutes of it happening. Afterward, vehicles and evidence may be cleared and cleaned up.

If you can, try to complete these steps to make sure you can prove who caused the accident:

• Allow paramedics to check out every pain. This examination will serve as medical evidence. Go to the emergency room if necessary.
• Give the investigating officer (Colorado Springs Police or Colorado State Police) a full report on what you observed leading up to the accident. You want the collision report they create to be as accurate as possible.
• Pull out your phone and take photos. Get shots of the damage to vehicles from all angles. Show traffic signs and lane markings that are relevant to what happened. Take pictures of any injuries and show damage to your clothing.
• Get driver’s license and insurance information from all drivers involved. An officer may secure this information for you.
• Get witness contact information so your attorney can contact them for testimony later.
• Scan the area for security cameras on businesses and houses that may have captured what happened. Note the addresses. Ask drivers if anyone captured what happened on a dash cam.
• Alert your car insurance provider. You’ll want your own insurance agent to be aware of the accident, even if you weren’t at fault.

This evidence will be combined with the results of the investigation your car accident lawyer conducts. Perhaps you won’t need all of it to convince an insurance adjuster to accept responsibility for a careless policyholder. But it’s great to be ready in case insurers give you trouble.

How to Get an Accident Report After a Colorado Springs Car Accident

Demanding Support for Colorado Springs Car Accident Victims

It’s critical that car accident victims get their insurance claims right the first time. Because if they suffer an injury flare-up after signing off on a settlement, they can’t go back to ask for additional money. Anything that wasn’t covered becomes a bill that the victim and the victim’s family have to cover.

To avoid this common outcome, your attorney will get the full story on your injury and how much support you may need in the years to come. This includes extra compensation to pay for any surgeries you require and physical therapy you’ll need. It would account for the cost of lifelong care if you end up with a permanent physical disability.

Your lawyer will demand these benefits and more for you:

• Money to pay all your current medical bills and those to come
• Money to cover you and your family if you lose paychecks while you can’t return to work
• Money to repair or replace your vehicle
• Money for transportation costs while you have doctor appointments and may be without a vehicle
• Support for the physical pain you are left with
• Support for the emotional trauma left over from the collision
• Support for a permanent physical disability, including money for home care, medical equipment, and training for a potential new job

Frequently Asked Questions

Can my family get support if a loved one is killed in a car accident in Colorado Springs?

Yes. Colorado allows the spouse of a victim the exclusive right to file a wrongful death claim within the first year after a fatal accident. If the victim had no husband or wife, the children of the victim could file. If the victim has no children, the parents of the victim could file a claim. Other heirs could later file their own claims or join a spouse’s claim.  Victims could seek help with funeral expenses and in paying remaining medical bills. They should also demand help in replacing the income the victim may have provided to support the family.

How long do I have to file an injury claim after a Colorado car accident?

Three years. Colorado’s statute of limitations on lawsuits for car accident injury claims is three years. You don’t want to wait years to begin exploring your options, though. Evidence can disappear, and witnesses might become harder to find.

What if I can’t afford to pay a car accident lawyer?

You don’t need to have any money set aside to hire Ganderton Law to represent your car accident case. We don’t accept any payment unless we win your case for you. Then our fee is paid out of the settlement check a car insurance company must write for you.

Contact a Colorado Springs Car Accident Lawyer

The victims of a careless driver’s mistake should never have to struggle to pay for their medical care over a collision they didn’t cause. It goes against what our law firm is all about. We stand by car accident victims until they are back on their feet again.

If you contact Ganderton Law Personal Injury Law Firm, you’ll speak to a real Colorado Springs car accident attorney. We offer a free, no-obligation case consultation to all victims and their families. It’s a chance to go over your options and determine how to get every damage you’ve suffered compensated.

We want to hear about what happened to you. If we can help you earn more for your recovery, we’ll tell you that. If you’d be better off filing a claim yourself, we are happy to point you in the right direction and warn you about some of the pitfalls of dealing with car insurance companies.