The types of injuries are everything from road rash (skin abrasions and tearing off of skin from the fall), broken and/or shattered bones, brain damage, and death. The more protective gear you’re wearing, the better. If you’re wearing a helmet, your chances of surviving go up monumentally in a motorcycle crash. People survive motorcycle crashes because they are wearing protective headgear. They would not have survived without it. Motorcycle injuries tend to be more catastrophic, severe, and long-lasting. It’s more difficult to recover from them than any other type of motor vehicle collision.