Roden Law represents cyclists injured by drivers across North Charleston, South Carolina and the surrounding Charleston County communities. In South Carolina a cyclist has the same rights and duties on the road as the driver of a car, and motorists must give at least three feet when passing. We take every case on a contingency fee basis: you pay nothing unless we win. Roden Law has recovered more than $300 million for injured clients across Georgia and South Carolina and holds a 4.9-star average from hundreds of client reviews. Call (843) 612-6561 for a free, confidential case review.
Why Choose Roden Law for a North Charleston Bicycle Accident Claim
Insurers often argue the cyclist should not have been on the road at all — an argument that ignores a cyclist’s equal right to the roadway. What separates Roden Law is direct attorney involvement and the accident-reconstruction work needed to prove the driver’s fault. Our attorneys serve North Charleston and the whole Charleston County area, and know the wide, high-traffic corridors where these crashes cluster.
- No fee unless we win — free consultation and no out-of-pocket cost to pursue your claim.
- We prove the driver’s violation — unsafe passing, failure to yield, and dooring are all breaches of a driver’s duty to share the road.
- Full-value focus — cyclists suffer severe injuries, and we account for surgeries, rehabilitation, and lost income before any settlement.
How North Charleston Bicycle Crashes Happen
North Charleston’s multi-lane arterials and heavy traffic put cyclists at particular risk:
- Unsafe passing on Rivers Avenue and other wide corridors — high-speed traffic squeezing past cyclists without the required three feet.
- Right-hook and left-hook crashes — drivers turning across a cyclist’s path at busy intersections and driveways.
- Failure to yield — drivers ignoring a cyclist’s right of way on shared corridors.
- Dooring — parked-vehicle occupants opening doors into a cyclist’s path.
South Carolina Bicycle Law You Should Know
Under S.C. Code § 56-5-3410 and following, a person riding a bicycle on a South Carolina road has the same rights and duties as the driver of a vehicle. South Carolina’s safe-passing law (S.C. Code § 56-5-3435) requires motorists to leave at least three feet when passing a bicycle, and violating it is powerful evidence of negligence. South Carolina has no statewide adult bicycle-helmet mandate (though some local ordinances apply), so not wearing a helmet is a contested injury-enhancement argument — not an automatic bar to recovery. The deadline to file is generally three years from the date of injury under S.C. Code § 15-3-530; South Carolina uses a 51% modified comparative-fault rule and places no cap on compensatory damages in ordinary injury cases. Your own uninsured/underinsured (UM/UIM) coverage often applies when a cyclist is struck by an uninsured or hit-and-run driver. Learn more from our South Carolina comparative negligence guide.
