Pages On: Car Accidents
Car accidents are all too common. They are listed among the top causes of fatalities worldwide. Driving a car isn’t in itself very dangerous, however, when other drivers fail in their duty of care to you, they are considered liable, and you become entitled to compensation. As regulations in the UK have changed in this respect, we can only really help people who have been seriously injured in a car accident.
Fire fighter injured in speeding car accident
Posted: 12 April 2016
Posted in: Car Accidents, Neck Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Whiplash Injuries
A 45-year-old fire fighter, who was injured in a car accident in Bristol, has received undisclosed compensation for the injuries he sustained. Nigel Morley, from Winterbourne in Bristol, was waiting to pick up a friend’s son from the railway station in Swan Lane, when a speeding Peugeot 106 rounded a bend on the wrong side of the road and crashed into his Citroen Dispatch. Mr Morley sustained whiplash to his back and neck, rendering him unable to walk properly for several weeks. He was signed off his work for four months and…
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Car Accident Claims in Wakefield: Making a Personal Injury Claim
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
Many people are injured each year either in their place of work or in public places through no fault of their own. However, one of the most common areas for injuries to occur in the UK is in the form of road traffic accidents. Each year, thousands of people are seriously injured in a car accident, either as a result of poor road conditions or the negligence and carelessness of other drivers. In line with FCA Regulations, you are entitled – if you fulfil the necessary criteria – to make…
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Car crash victim awarded £4m in compensation
Posted: 21 October 2015
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents
A man has received a compensation payout of £4million after a car crash in 2009 left him with life-changing injuries. Jack Mitchell was seventeen when he was involved in the car accident. The crash left him with severe brain damage, to the extent that he has been dependent on 24-hour care since. Scans after the accident revealed that he damaged his frontal lobe in the collision, which left him with memory and concentration problems, as well as anger managements issues and extreme fatigue. Mr Mitchell had been the front seat…
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Driver awarded £1.5million after being rear-ended at traffic lights
Posted: 31 December 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents
A motorist who suffered permanent brain damage following a car collision while stationary at traffic lights has been awarded £1.5million in compensation. Peter Siegel was in his car at traffic lights when a vehicle, driven by Lester Pummell, drove into the back of him at 30mph in November 2009. The accident caused Mr Siegel to suffer “severe, subtle and permanent” brain damage, which will continue to affect him for the rest of his life. Following the accident, Mr Pummell’s insurers maintained that the accident constituted a simple whiplash claim, and…
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Driver wins £1.5m following brain damage crash
Posted: 19 December 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents
A man has been awarded £1.5m in compensation after a vehicle drove into the back of his car in 2009, leaving him with permanent brain damage. Peter Siegel had been waiting at traffic lights in his car when a vehicle crashed into the back of him at around 30mph. He suffered no visible marks following the trauma, but suffered a severe brain injury that will affect him for the rest of his life. The insurers of the driver responsible for the incident, Lester Pummel, said that Mr Siegel had suffered…
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Tracy Morgan still recovering from brain injury after car crash
Posted: 25 November 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Leg Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
46-year-old comedian Tracy Morgan is still recovering from a serious car crash he was involved in five months ago. The accident happened in New Jersey in June when a ‘speeding’ Walmart truck slammed into the back of his vehicle. Those involved were taken immediately to hospital, but Mr Morgan’s friend and fellow comedian James McNair was sadly killed in the crash. Three others were severely injured. Immediately after the accident Morgan was taken straight to hospital with several serious injuries including a broken leg, a broken nose and broken ribs. Five months…
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Compensation will be paid following car ignition deaths
Posted: 20 September 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
General Motors Co has agreed to payout following the 19 deaths that were caused by a faulty ignition switch. The ignition switch was installed into 2.6million GM cars, which meant the cars could slip out of the “run position”, stalling the vehicles and disabling the airbags. Many safety advocates have criticized the company for only recognising 19 deaths, when actually around 100 cases could be linked to the fault. A total of 125 death claims and 320 personal injury claims have actually been made against the firm, but they have either been…
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Police force pays out £400k in injury compensation
Posted: 25 August 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Public Place Accidents, Workplace Injuries
New figures have revealed that Norfolk Police Force has paid out a total of £400,000 in compensation to the public and its own staff. The figures were obtained through a Freedom of Information request, showing the force to be in the top five emergency services for payouts. The figures further revealed the force to be the second highest paying police force, behind the Met in London. Of the £400,000 paid-out, the highest sum was £160,000 to an officer who suffered personal injuries in a car accident. This was only one of the…
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£7million paid out to police officers injured at work
Posted: 3 March 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Foot Injuries, Hand Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A survey has revealed that over the last three years, a total of £7.4 million has been paid out by 35 of the 44 police forces located across England and Wales. With the addition of legal costs and other factors, the bill would total at £18.7million. The survey found that Police forces are settling over 400 compensation cases a year, with claims ranging from driving injuries to insect bites. Compensation claims included: £2,040 to a civilian employee in Surrey who had a notice board fall on their foot£5,000 to another…
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40% of sufferers do not claim for whiplash injuries
Posted: 10 February 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Neck Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Whiplash Injuries
A recent report has revealed that around 40% of people who have suffered a whiplash injury do not claim compensation. With some believing that whiplash is not a valid personal injury to claim compensation for, experts stress the degree of its severity. According to a study by the NHS, it takes a whiplash sufferer around 32 days to recover, but around one in five are left with severe symptoms up to as long as a year after their accident. Whiplash is a type of neck injury that is caused by a sudden…
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Launch of road safety campaign following 7 deaths
Posted: 22 January 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Having seen 7 deaths in the last nine years, campaigners are calling for road safety measures to be improved on a road in North Yorkshire. A meeting was held about the road on Tuesday, whereby the Wharram-le-Street Parish Council discussed where improvements could be made. The chairman of the parish council, Roger Kay, said that a certain six-mile (9km) stretch of the road is especially dangerous and requires urgent action. Two women and a man died on the road only two months ago when their car collided with a van on…
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Passenger of taxi seriously injured in hit-and-run crash
Posted: 28 December 2013
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Public Transport, Road Traffic Accidents, Whiplash Injuries
A teenage boy has suffered serious injuries after the taxi he was travelling in was involved in a hit-and-run crash on Christmas Day. The accident happened at the junction of Church Road and Sackville Road in Hove at 23:00 GMT on Christmas Day. Both victims were immediately taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance. The 16-year-old boy had been a front-seat passenger in the taxi, a blue Skoda, which was travelling east to west along Church Road when a silver Vauxhall Insignia collided with its nearside. The taxi spun out of control…
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Woman injured after driving car onto the beach
Posted: 30 June 2013
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
Just before 14:00 BST yesterday, and elderly woman complained about chest pains after her car had been driven on to the rocks on Guernsey’s north-west coast. She was later taken to hospital for treatment. Witnesses believed that her five-door blue hatchback had been parked at Le Grand Havre, one of Guernsey’s beaches, before it headed downwards onto the sand and rocks by the sea. Witnesses saw the car hit the rocks and rushed over to give first aid. This was impossible, however, as the woman could not be accessed and had to…
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Mirror, munch, manoeuvre - is eating behind the wheel dangerous?
Posted: 4 April 2013
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
New research has revealed two thirds of motorists eat when behind the wheel despite most drivers thinking it’s dangerous and should be illegal. Almost one in six (15%) motorists have also crashed or had a near miss as a result of in-car eating. The survey of 2,000 motorists by car insurer Admiral has shown that while two thirds of drivers have eaten when driving, for one in twelve it’s commonplace with them doing so between five and ten times a week. Admiral’s study also revealed three quarters (77%) of British…
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