Greensboro Pedestrian Accident Lawyer
If a driver hit you while you were walking in Greensboro, North Carolina, Lewis & Keller Injury Lawyers can help you pursue compensation for your injuries. Our Greensboro pedestrian accident lawyers represent people injured in crosswalks, parking lots, neighborhoods, and other locations across Guilford County.
We can investigate the driver’s actions and pursue the insurance coverage available for your injuries. Our team offers free case reviews to find out exactly where you stand. Get yours today with one of our Greensboro personal injury lawyers by completing our online form.
- Can You Recover Compensation if You Were Hit Outside a Crosswalk in Greensboro?
- How Does the Accident Location Affect Your Pedestrian Injury Claim?
- See What Our Clients Say
- What if a Greensboro City Vehicle Hits You?
- What if the Driver Doesn’t Have Enough Insurance?
- Our Results Speak For themselves
- What Evidence Can Help Prove a Greensboro Pedestrian Accident Claim?
- Why Greensboro Riders Work With Lewis & Keller InWhy Greensboro Trusts Lewis & Keller Injury Lawyers
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- FAQs: Greensboro Pedestrian Accident Lawyer
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Can You Recover Compensation if You Were Hit Outside a Crosswalk in Greensboro?
You can still pursue compensation after being hit outside a crosswalk in Greensboro, NC if the driver was negligent and your own actions don’t bar recovery. North Carolina requires a pedestrian crossing outside a crosswalk to yield to vehicles, but the same statute requires every driver to use due care to avoid hitting a pedestrian on any roadway.
Crossing outside a marked crosswalk doesn’t automatically make you responsible for the accident. Under G.S. 20-174, the driver’s duty of due care applies notwithstanding the other crossing rules. Drivers must also sound the horn when necessary and take proper precautions when they see a child or a confused or incapacitated person in the road.
Why Insurers Focus on Where You Crossed
Insurance companies often question whether a pedestrian crossed outside a marked crosswalk to argue that the pedestrian contributed to the accident. We gather evidence to challenge attempts to place unfair blame on you. Our Greensboro pedestrian accident attorneys examine the driver’s speed, visibility, phone use, and opportunity to avoid the collision.
How Shared Fault Can Affect Your Claim
North Carolina’s contributory negligence rule can prevent you from recovering compensation if your own negligence helped cause the accident. Unlike states that reduce compensation based on your share of fault, North Carolina can bar recovery entirely.
That makes it especially important to establish what the driver did wrong and whether your actions actually contributed to the collision. But the rule has limits, too. Your actions must have contributed to causing the injury, and the last clear chance doctrine can sometimes preserve a claim if the driver had a reasonable opportunity to avoid the crash.
Willful or wanton conduct can also prevent a driver from relying on contributory negligence. A Greensboro pedestrian accident lawyer can review the evidence to determine whether these protections apply to your case.
Crossing Between Two Signalized Intersections
The law treats one situation more strictly than others: Between adjacent intersections with working traffic signals, pedestrians may cross only in a marked crosswalk. Even then, the driver’s duty of due care still applies, and the facts of each crash decide how that duty plays out.
How Does the Accident Location Affect Your Pedestrian Injury Claim?
The location of your pedestrian accident can help establish who was at fault. North Carolina has different traffic rules for crosswalks, sidewalks, and other areas where pedestrians may be hit.
| Where You Were | Why It Matters | Helpful Evidence |
| Crossing with a WALK signal | Drivers must yield to pedestrians crossing with a WALK signal. (G.S. 20-172) | Traffic signal records and camera footage. |
| Marked crosswalk | Drivers must yield in marked crosswalks in business or residential districts, subject to traffic controls. (G.S. 20-155(c)) | Crosswalk markings and vehicle movements. |
| Sidewalk | Drivers generally cannot drive on sidewalks except at driveways. (G.S. 20-160) | Tire marks, damage, and vehicle position. |
| Road without a sidewalk | Pedestrians should walk facing traffic along the left edge or shoulder when practicable. (G.S. 20-174(d)) | Shoulder conditions, lighting, and walking direction. |
| Driveway or building entrance | Drivers must yield to pedestrians crossing driveways on sidewalks or walkways. (G.S. 20-173(c)) | Security footage and the driver’s path. |
Some crashes fit more than one row, such as a driver who leaves a parking lot, crosses a sidewalk, and turns into a crosswalk. Our attorneys examine every applicable traffic rule rather than relying on a single disputed detail.
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What if a Greensboro City Vehicle Hits You?
If a Greensboro city bus or another government vehicle hits you, your injury claim may involve different liability and insurance rules than a crash with a private driver. This can include accidents involving Greensboro Transit Agency (GTA) buses near stops or along city routes.
Our attorneys investigate several questions when a public vehicle is involved:
- Vehicle ownership: Whether the city, state, or a contractor owned or operated the vehicle
- Available coverage: What insurance or other coverage applies to the accident
- Video evidence: Whether bus cameras, traffic cameras, or nearby businesses recorded the collision
Our attorneys review the rules governing claims against the city to determine your options when a public vehicle causes an accident.
What if the Driver Doesn’t Have Enough Insurance?
If the driver who hit you has little or no insurance, your own auto insurance may provide additional coverage even though you were walking. North Carolina’s minimum bodily injury liability limit is $50,000 per person, which may not cover a serious pedestrian injury.
The same statute defines the people protected by uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage to include the named insured and household relatives “while in a motor vehicle or otherwise.”
That’s why a pedestrian can often turn to their own Underinsured Motorist (UIM) coverage, or a policy held by a relative in the same household, when the driver’s limits fall short.
How Additional Insurance Coverage Can Help
Suppose a driver carrying the $50,000 minimum hits a pedestrian whose medical bills, lost income, and other losses are well above that amount. After the liability insurer pays its limit, the pedestrian may bring a UIM claim under their household policy, up to that policy’s underinsured limits.
Your Greensboro pedestrian injury lawyer reviews the available policies to determine whether additional compensation may be available.
When the Driver Leaves the Scene
North Carolina law requires a driver to stop and remain at the scene of a crash that causes injury, and Uninsured Motorist (UM) coverage in North Carolina policies extends to hit-and-run vehicles. Reporting the crash promptly and identifying available insurance coverage can help protect your claim when the driver cannot be found.
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What Evidence Can Help Prove a Greensboro Pedestrian Accident Claim?
Camera footage, traffic records, and vehicle data can help establish how a pedestrian accident happened and whether the driver was negligent. Some of this evidence can disappear quickly, so our attorneys work to identify and preserve it early.
Important evidence may include:
- Security footage: Video from nearby businesses, apartments, and homes.
- Bus cameras: Recordings from GTA buses or nearby stops.
- Traffic signals: Records showing signal timing at the intersection.
- Vehicle data: Speed and braking information from the vehicle’s event data recorder.
- Phone records: Evidence of distracted driving when relevant to the crash.
- Police reports: Crash reports and photographs from responding officers.
We can send preservation letters requesting that businesses, agencies, and other parties retain relevant evidence. Your lawyer also uses the available records to build your claim and respond to insurance disputes.
If your claim doesn’t settle, your Greensboro pedestrian accident attorney can file a lawsuit and pursue compensation for you in court. Greensboro personal injury lawsuits are generally handled at the Guilford County Courthouse on South Eugene Street.
Why Greensboro Riders Work With Lewis & Keller InWhy Greensboro Trusts Lewis & Keller Injury Lawyers
Lewis & Keller Injury Lawyers helps injured pedestrians in Greensboro pursue claims against negligent drivers. We understand the challenges these cases can present, from disputes over crosswalk rules to questions about insurance coverage. Let our team investigate the accident, preserve evidence, and build a claim around your injuries and financial losses.
Our Greensboro team provides:
- Local knowledge: Our Muirs Chapel Road office serves injured people throughout Guilford County.
- 24/7 availability: You can call us anytime, including nights and weekends.
- Free evaluation: We offer free consultations and explain our contingency fee terms before you sign.
- Workers’ comp: We can address workers’ compensation questions if you were injured while walking for work.
Every case turns on its own facts, and we will give you a clear read on yours. Our team serves injured pedestrians throughout Guilford County from our Greensboro office on Muirs Chapel Road. Use our online form to schedule a free case review with our Greensboro team.
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FAQs: Greensboro Pedestrian Accident Lawyer
Does North Carolina have a deadline for filing a pedestrian accident claim?
Most pedestrians have three years to file a personal injury lawsuit in North Carolina. Exceptions can change that period, so a lawyer should confirm the deadline for your situation.
Will my health insurance pay my medical bills after I was hit by a car?
Health insurance often pays medical bills while the injury claim is pending. Many health plans then seek repayment from a later settlement, depending on the plan’s terms and the law that governs it. Tell your lawyer which plan paid so that repayment claims are identified before the case resolves.
Can I get workers’ compensation if I was hit by a car while walking to work?
If the crash happened in the course of your job, North Carolina workers’ compensation may cover medical care and lost wages. G.S. 97-10.2 preserves a separate claim against the driver who caused the crash. The two claims interact, so handling them together avoids conflicts over repayment and timing.
What if the driver who hit me was driving a company or delivery vehicle?
A claim can sometimes reach the driver’s employer as well as the driver. When an employee causes a crash while doing the employer’s work, the employer and its commercial insurance may be responsible, depending on the facts. Commercial policies often carry higher limits than personal auto policies.
Do I need a lawyer if the driver’s insurer already admitted fault?
An admission of fault doesn’t settle how much the insurer will pay. Pedestrian injuries often involve long treatment, lost work, and future care, and adjusters may offer an amount that reflects only early bills. A lawyer can value the full claim and check whether underinsured motorist coverage should be added.
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Being hit by a vehicle can leave you facing medical expenses, lost income, and difficult questions about your next steps. Lewis & Keller Injury Lawyers can review the circumstances of your accident, explain your options, and help you pursue compensation from the responsible parties.
Find out what your claim may involve. Contact our Greensboro team today for a free case review.
