Car Accident Compensation Claim

Whatever the type of road traffic accident you may have been involved in, if it was somebody else's fault, you may be entitled to make a traffic accident claim. Road traffic accidents are the most common cause of personal injury and we recognise that it is important that claims are dealt with efficiently and quickly.

Our professional service has helped many people across the UK claim compensation. We believe you should be able to claim compensation if you were injured during an accident and were not to blame.

If your claim is successful, you will receive 100% of your compensation and your solicitor will claim his costs from the insurance company of the person or organisation who is responsible for the accident.

To enquire if you are entitled to compensation, please enter your details below. Click ‘Submit Enquiry’ and we will contact you as quickly as possible.

It is very important to instruct a specialist accident compensation solicitor to discuss this in the first instance.

One of the most common causes for compensation claims across the United Kingdom are as a result of a road traffic accident. Regardless of whether the claimant was the driver, passenger or pedestrian, if the accident was no fault of their own, they could be entitled to receive compensation. 

The World Health Organisation recently issued a report warning that on current trends, by 2020, road traffic accidents could outstrip stroke and HIV as one of the main causes for preventable deaths. Such accidents can be caused as  a result of various factors such as; driving too fast; not braking fast enough or at all; ignoring traffic signals or signs; poorly maintained roads; not keeping a lookout; failing to leave enough stopping distance; failing to control the vehicle properly and/or intoxication.

If a person becomes the victim of a road traffic accident, completing certain procedures at the scene of the crime could help to increase the amount of compensation they may be entitled to:

• All occupants of the vehicle involved in the accident should be checked for any possible injuries
• The police should be called immediately, along with any other emergency services if necessary
• Anybody involved in the road traffic accident should record the names, addresses, registration numbers and insurance details of all the other people and vehicles involved.
• If possible take photographic evidence of the incident, recording its time, place and date.

Following a road accident claim, if a person is eligible to receive compensation lawyers can often secure immediate short term payments to cover the initial expenses resulting form the incident e.g. car repairs. These expenses are paid by the insurers of the person responsible for the accident, as is the compensation paid to the victim(s). The amount of compensation received will depend on the severity of the accident and the injuries caused to the claimants. However, in the United Kingdom, any claim for compensation must be made within three years of the accident. Failure to begin the required legal proceedings in court within this time period will result in the case being ‘time-barred’, consequently a claim will not be able to be made, and no compensation will be awarded for the particular accident.