Pages On: Pedestrian Injuries
Walking is one of life’s great joys, and as humans, we have some of the greatest stamina when it comes to traversal. Walking is a great way to stay healthy and protect the environment, but it does but pedestrians at risk of other road users. Hit-and-run accidents, pavement trips, being knocked down by vehicles are all hazards pedestrians have to avoid, to prevent injury. Other road users have a duty of care to you for your safety, and when breaching this by causing an accident, they are considered liable. Whatever way you’ve been injured as a pedestrian, you may be entitled to claim personal injury compensation.
Trips and falls lead to £50,000 injury compensation bill
Posted: 3 March 2015
Posted in: Pedestrian Injuries, Pothole Injuries, Public Place Accidents
Slips, trips and falls have resulted in more than £50,000 being paid out by Norwich City Council to injured pedestrians. The council blames City Hall budgets, saying that if they continue to see cuts, the pavements will only continue to deteriorate, causing more injuries. Of the 49 claims involving trips or falls in the last twelve months, the city council defended 40 of them. Of those 40, only 9 received compensation – totaling £52,427. This figure was even greater than the previous year, with 2012/13 seeing 6 compensation payouts, totaling…
Read MoreDevon councils payout £2.5m to personal injury claimants
Posted: 2 October 2014
Posted in: Neck Injuries, Pedestrian Injuries, Personal Injury, Pothole Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries
Figures have revealed that two Devon councils have paid out around £2.5m to personal injury claimants in the last four years alone. The incidents included people tripping on pavements to people falling into a harbour. One of the councils, Plymouth City Council, paid out the majority at £2.1m, while Torbay Council paid out £400,000 to claimants. Both figures were disclosed following a Freedom of Information request. The highest payout made was by Plymouth Council in 2010: £105,000 to a claimant who suffered a severe back injury after tripping due to a “footway…
Read MoreCouncil pays out £83 a day for pothole damage
Posted: 31 July 2014
Posted in: Foot Injuries, Pedestrian Injuries, Pothole Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
A council is found to be paying out the equivalent of £83 a day in compensation due to the damage being caused by potholes. Barking and Dagenham Council has paid out a total of £182,635 in the last six years to claimants seeking compensation for personal injury and vehicle damage. The figures were released as part of a Freedom of Information request. It found that a total of 22 claims had been made against the council in relation to pothole damage between January and May 2014, (compared with 40 in the entire…
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