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Abstract The case of a 36-year-old pedestrian hit by a motorcycle and suffering a fibular fracture is presented. Complete clinical and radiographic evaluation showed that the fibula was involved in four different anatomical sites without involvement of the tibial diaphysis. Careful evaluation of the injured person demonstrated accompanied lesions at other sites as a result of multiple mechanisms involved. Review of the literature revealed that fractures of the fibula are not rare injuries and are usually due to a direct force applied to this bone. Fractures in more than two different anatomical sites are quite uncommon, making this case of four fractures without involvement of the tibial diaphysis a unique case as far as we know. We concluded that a multiplicity of levels in the fibular fracture should alert the surgeon to search for accompanying traumatic lesions of the neighboring joints that, if left untreated, could lead to a less than satisfactory result. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]