Road Traffic Accidents

With almost each one of us travelling by our own vehicles, the traffic on road has increased considerably in the past few years and so is the risk for accidents on roads. Road traffic accidents can cause moderate, severe or even fatal injuries to people. This can be a frightful experience that may change the life of the victim completely as they may become handicapped, or even lose their source of income for the rest of their life due to any injury that they have sustained in the accident. 

Whiplash injury

Whiplash injury is among the most common of injuries that people suffer from in road accidents. This is generally caused due to the impact of high speed or any forceful jerk. This normally occurs when a vehicle smashes into the rear end of the car. In case you have been a victim of a whiplash injury during a road accident that occurred due to negligence or mistake of someone else, you might have the right to ask for a compensation claim for the personal injury caused. The cost of compensation that is received for the claim of a whiplash injury is somewhere in the range of £750 to £86,000 according to the suffering or severity of the damage that has been caused to the victim.

Whiplash injury compensation claims

If case you were the passenger in the vehicle that met with an accident, your compensation claim for the whiplash injury that it has caused you would be from the insurance group of the individual whose negligence led to the collision, no matter if it is the vehicle’s driver in which you were wandering or the driver of any third party.  On the other hand, if you suffered from whiplash injury while you were driving, walking on the road or roaming on your cycle, the claim should then be made against insurance group of the person who was driving the automobile that bumped into you.

In case you were the victim in any of the road traffic accidents that occurred in the past 3 years, no matter if you were a driver, passenger or just a pedestrian, you may be entitled to claim for a compensation for the injury that you have suffered. Many people refrain from making these claims due to the legal hassles and time and money that they may have to invest in the court case, but with solicitors available online they do not have to worry about any such thing. Victim does not have to go to the solicitor as everything is being dealt with over the phone or online. These solicitors work on no win, no fee basis and also there are hardly any cases that of accident that end up in court cases as most of them finishes with out of court settlement, mostly in favour of the victim.

Personal injury compensation claims are complicated and it is essential to use the services of a solicitor experienced in this type of claim. Excalibur Solicitors are a specialist practice dealing only with claims for victims of accidents and we will provide a free legal assessment of your case if you complete our Online Application Form. We will handle your claim on a "No Win No Fee" basis at no cost to you.

The information in this article is designed to provide general information only. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is accurate, it does not constitute legal or other professional advice.