Negligent driving, among other factors, almost always results in automobile accident injury at one point or another. While whiplash is the number one form of automobile accident injury, there are many others, all of which a person may receive compensation for in a court of law. Soft tissue injuries make up a majority of injuries sustained in an automobile accident, and include muscle sprains, tendon and ligament damage and nerve injuries, usually to the extremities. Fractures, ranging from hairline cracks to complete breaks, are another common form of automobile accident injury. Back injuries are also very common and often times result in long-term disability. Causes of automobile accidents include, but are not limited to, driver fatigue, failure to obey traffic laws, animals jetting out into the line of travel of a car, and poor weather conditions.