Bicycle Accident

Bike lanes on Elmwood, Linwood and Niagara Street and the loops around Delaware Park have made Buffalo a better place to ride, but parked cars, turning drivers and potholes still put cyclists in the hospital. Under New York law, a driver or passenger has to check before swinging a door into a cyclist’s path. A cyclist hit by a car usually gets no-fault benefits from the car’s insurer.

Read about bike crashes in the Elmwood Village, and about notice of claim rules if a road defect was involved.