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In most cases low speed accident back injuries are accompanied with injuries such as whiplash. According to experts low speed accidents are classified as impacts which take place at speed lower than 10mph. Although such accidents do not come along any visible signs of damage to the body, they are main causes of neck injuries. Such common injuries are often classified as Whiplash injuries. The fact that the occupants of the car cannot take support their neck and back against the headrest or the seat additionally contributes to such injuries. Today, most of the cars come along bumpers to sustain low impacts. Thus, the occupants suffer from bruises and soft tissues injuries where such cars are involved in accidents.

Body size of the occupant has a vital role to be played determining the severity injury. Taller people are at a larger risk of such injuries, because most often their head restraint is very low and leads to no help in such accidents. People with low body mass are also prone to whiplash injuries. This is because such people exhibit a lower level of internal protective mechanism. People with small bone structure are also at the similar risk level. Accident Claims can be made by people involved in such accidents. The occupants of the car should immediately refer to a doctor for check-up while a lawyer can be hired for making claims. It should be noted that insurance companies tend to deny claims of accidents at lower speed. Adequate research can help the overcoming such problems.