Accident Compensation Claim Guides For All Types Of Personal Injury

This page brings together our accident compensation claim guides, covering all types of personal injury claims in the UK and overseas holiday accidents. Each guide explains how to claim compensation, how liability is established and what evidence is needed to support your case.

The guides begin with key legal principles and an overview of the claims process, before moving into an alphabetical list of accident types. Under each accident type, you will find links to detailed articles explaining each stage of the claim. Select an accident type below to explore the relevant guides and learn more about the claims process.

Alternatively, you can browse our claim guides grouped by topic, where related articles are organised together for easier reading.

COMPENSATION CLAIM BASICS

When you are first considering a compensation claim, you will have a number of initial questions. See our Personal Injury Basics, which brings together all the essential stages, processes, and legal terms you will benefit from understanding – whether you are considering making a personal injury claim, have just started, or are at the later stages of settling your claim. You can either use the Personal Injury Basics guide or follow the links below for a legal concept you wish to know more about.

Considerations Immediately Following An Accident

Need To Attend At Hospital / GP

Why it is important to a successful personal injury claim that you should attend at the hospital or the GP immediately following your accident.

Records You Should Keep / Checks You Should Make

Whether you decide to use a solicitor to help you claim, are trying to make the claim yourself or simply deciding whether to claim – find out the important records you should keep to support a future claim and checks you should make before deciding how to proceed with a claim.

Claim Compensation For Personal Injury In The UK And Overseas

How To Make A Claim

Find out the best approach to making a claim for personal injury.

Which Country In The UK To Start Your Claim

Learn which UK country your accident claim should be started in, how legal jurisdictions differ, and when you can still claim from the UK after an accident abroad.

How Long Do You Have To Claim Compensation?

Discover the time periods that apply to starting your claim for compensation before it is too late. We look at the three year rule with exceptions, including those for child Claimants.

Personal Injury Solicitor Help

Kevin Bolton Solicitors Expertise

The personal experience and legal expertise of our founder Kevin Bolton.

Personal Injury Solicitor Required To Help You Claim?

Find out whether you can make a claim yourself or whether you should seek the assistance of a specialist personal injury solicitor. When you have an accident anywhere in the UK – discover which part of the country to choose your solicitor from, how to find the best solicitor to contact and which lawyer to use for overseas accidents. We explore how to get free specialist solicitor help before committing to using a solicitors services to run your claim.

Free Legal Advice

Is “free legal advice” on the internet or otherwise what it is advertised to be? Find out why often it is not “free” and not true “advice”.

Choice Of Court

Compensation Claim Scotland

Discover how to make a claim following an accident in Scotland.

County Court Claims

This articles explains when will your solicitor will commence your personal injury claim in the county court and which part of the country the county court will be in.

Small Claims Court

Find out when a personal injury claim is considered a small claim and learn some key tips in making a small claim.

Personal Injury Litigation Solicitor

Choose a lawyer who is familiar with winning personal injury claims at court.

Legal Jargon Buster

Legal Dictionary

Find complicated legal words and phrases explained in plain English with a definition request facility for any terms not included within the dictionary.

Allocation Questionnaire

How the allocation questionnaire is used to decide the track your personal injury claim will proceed in – from low value small claims to how quantum claims in the multi track.

Calderbank Offer

How does a Calderbank offer can limit the legal costs your solicitor can claim in pursuing your claim.

Case Management Conference

The importance of a CMC court hearing to your personal injury claim.

Civil Court Cases UK

The documentation which is necessary to commence a civil claim at court.

Default Judgment

Find out what happens when the Defendant does not provide a Defence to your personal injury claim after the matter has been issued at court.

Denial Of Liability

What happens when the person you believe was responsible for your injury denies fault and how your solicitor can use the court process to ensure you recover compensation.

Disclosure List Of Documents

The list setting out all the documents both you and the person at fault have in your possession that provides evidence to support or contradict your claim.

Going To Court

What does the phrase going to court actually mean, how the court process decides who was at fault together with how much compensation should be paid.

Issue Court Proceedings

If the persona at fault for your accident or the liability insurer refuses to pay you compensation – the issue of court proceedings will be necessary to ensure a resolution.

Letter Of Claim

How to notify the person at fault of your claim for personal injury.

Litigation Friend

When do you need a litigation friend to claim compensation, who can be the friend and how are they appointed.

Part 36 Offer

How to attempt to formally settle your claim, either by your solicitor or by the Defendant together with the risks of a Part 36 offer.

Without Prejudice Offer

What is a “without prejudice offer” or an offer made with “no admission of liability” and should you accept it?

Businesses And Scams To Be Careful Of

Businesses That Are Not Solicitor Firms

How accident claims companies compare with personal injury solicitors direct.

Scams To Watch Out For

There are many businesses that attempt telephone and online scams – find out a few things that you should be careful of when approached directly.

ACCIDENT AT WORK / EMPLOYERS LIABILITY

Our accident at work guide brings together all of our work accident articles in one place, explaining each stage of the UK claims process. You can also explore the articles below covering each step of a claim.

Immediate Steps Following An Accident At Work

Workplace Accident Compensation Claim Records

What you must do following a workplace accident so you can maximise the compensation you are entitled to and ensure proper records are made by your employer of your accident circumstances and injuries.

Evidence Your Employer Should Keep Of Your Work Accident

Following an accident at work your employer is legally bound to keep certain records immediately following an accident, which can be accessed by your solicitor in support of your claim.

Proving Employer Fault

Accident At Work Claim – Employer Responsibility

How to prove your employer is legally responsible for your accident at work – includes employment records you can access to support your case.

Injury At Work – Carelessness

The implications to your compensation claim if you contributed to your injury at work through your own carelessness or you consented to the risks of your injury.

Beginning Your Work Accident Claim

How To Start Your Work Injury Claim

Find out the two main approaches to starting a work injury claim against your employer.

Employer’s Liability Insurance

Payment of your claim will be made by your employer’s liability insurance, which must be in place as a matter of law.

Work Injury Pre-Action Protocol

Find out when you claim is considered of low value and how your solicitor should use the pre-action protocol to start your work injury compensation claim.

Types Of Accident At Work Compensation

A description of the various different types of accident at work compensation you are entitled to claim from your employer following a workplace injury.

Common Accidents At Work

Building Site Accident

How to claim compensation for the most common building site accidents.

Construction Accident Claims

Injuries on construction sites are common – both to workers and to members of the public. Find out how you can claim compensation for construction site injuries.

Dangerous Machine Injury

Use of machinery at work is inherently dangerous – find out how failure with health and safety laws can result in a compensation claim against your employer.

Defective Work Equipment Compensation

How injury from defective work equipment can lead to successful work compensation claims from your employer.

Forklift Injury Claims

Discover the typical injuries that can be caused by a forklift truck in the workplace.

Ladder Fall Accident

Find out how your employer should ensure your safety when using a ladder in the workplace.

Work Platform Accident

The Work At Height Regulations 2005 set out specific duties on your employer to ensure your safety when working on a platform above ground and to avoid objects falling from the platform. Find out how to use the law to make a claim if you suffer an injury at work.

Common Types Of Work Injury Claims

Index of the most common types or work injury from industrial accidents, miner claims to accidents in the office or in the workplace,

Choosing Your Work Accident Solicitor

Work Accident Solicitor Costs

How to ensure your employer pays your lawyer’s fees of making a compensation claim.

Work Related Accident Solicitors

How to find a top accident at work specialist lawyer to make your claim.

No Win No Fee / Conditional Fee Agreements

How to fund your workplace accident claim using a no win no fee of conditional fees solicitors legal fees agreement.

Workplace Accident Process Summary

Work Accident Claim Overview

A summary of the steps and considerations to making a work accident claim.

ARMED FORCES CLAIMS

See our articles explaining when and how to claim compensation if suffer injury during service in the Armed Forces or are injured as a civilian by negligence of the Armed Forces.

Armed Forces Compensation Guide

Our guide to Armed Forces claims for serving and retired personnel and civilians injured by errors of the Armed Forces.

Armed Forces Compensation Scheme / War Pensions Scheme

The Armed Forces have two schemes in place to pay compensation to current and ex service personnel. The schemes are no fault schemes – you need only show that you suffered illness or injury wholly or partly from service in the Armed Forces.

Military Negligence Claims

When the Armed Forces are negligent or legally at fault for your injury – you may have a claim from your employer (as Armed Forces personnel) or as a civilian injured by the errors made.

CRIMINAL INJURY

Follow the links to our criminal injury articles under the headings below, or see Our criminal injury guide groups all our articles relating to claiming for criminal injury in the UK and overseas into one convenient place. Alternatively, look at the criminal injury topics below with related article descriptions and links.

Immediate Steps Following Criminal Injury

Criminal Injury Claim Types

This page describes the types of criminal injury you can claim compensation for and how a criminal injury claim is different from an accident claim.

Criminal Injury Compensation Authority

Discover what the Criminal Compensation Authority is and the steps you must take to allow you to make a CICA claim.

Starting Your Criminal Injury Claim

Options To Commence A UK Criminal Injury Claim

The options available for claiming criminal injury compensation, including using the CICA procedure and trespass to the person.

Offender Not Prosecuted? When You Can Claim

How to claim criminal injury compensation even when the offender is not prosecuted for a crime.

CICA / Criminal Injury Compensation Scheme

The process you must follow when claiming compensation via the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.

Criminal Injury Claim When You Are Abroad

How to claim compensation if your criminal injury occurs whilst your are on holiday outside of the UK or travelling overseas. We discuss the EU criminal injury schemes and how to check which foreign countries have their own criminal injuries scheme.

How Much Criminal Compensation Can You Claim?

Criminal Compensation Awards

The CICA has a tariff scheme setting out how much compensation each type of injury will be awarded. Discover how to calculate the amount of criminal compensation you should receive for your specific injury.

Choosing Your Criminal Injury Solicitor

Criminal Injury Lawyer

Guidance as to whether to make a criminal injury claim yourself or how to select the best personal injury lawyer to help you make a claim.

Funding Compensation Advice

Discover how to meet the legal cost in receiving compensation advice from a specialist criminal injury solicitor.

Criminal Injury Overview

Criminal Injury Guide

Our short guide gives a quick description of all the stages of the criminal injuries claim process.

FATAL ACCIDENT CLAIM

Follow our articles setting out a step by step guide to claiming compensation following a fatal accident or see our summary to the fatal accident claims process in the UK.

Coroner Inquest Following A Fatal Accident

Find out why a coroner’s inquest must take place following a fatal accidents and the information that might be used from the inquest to support your claim.

Types Of Fatal Accident Claim

Find out who can claim for a fatal accident couples with the most common types of accident that can lead to a fatality.

How Much Compensation For A Fatal Accident?

The amount of compensation a family can claim for the death of a loved one under the Fatal Accident Act.

Compensation For Surviving A Time Period Before Death

Should a loved one be involved in a serious accident and die in a short time period thereafter – the estate of the deceased can claim compensation for pain and suffering before death, which is in addition to the claim family members can make under the Fatal Accidents Act.

Children Receiving Compensation For Death Of A Parent

Discover how a child can receive compensation following the death of a parent. The special rules that apply and the likely involvement of the court to preserve the child’s compensation.

Time Period To Claim For Death In An Accident

The time period allowed in UK law to start a claim following death.

Selecting A Fatal Accident Claims Solicitor

How to find a solicitor with sufficient experience to make your claim.

HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS ABROAD

Find out how to claim compensation whilst on holiday overseas, on a plane, whilst travelling or working abroad by following the summarised articles set out by stage of the claims process headings.

See our personal injury overseas guide that brings all our holiday accident articles together providing a quick reference source and step-by-step guide to making a claim.

UK Citizens Abroad

Discover the terminology used when you suffer an accident overseas and are considering making a claim.

Package Holiday Claims

Package holiday claims are subject to special rules which allow you to trace your claim back to the country of the holiday company that sold you your package holiday.

Travel Accidents Overseas

How to claim compensation if you have made your own travel arrangements as an independent traveler.

Aircraft Accident

Guidance as to who will meet your compensation claim if you have an accident whilst travelling on an aircraft and when you may be able to claim

Flight / Baggage Delay Compensation

What are the rules relating to baggage delay and loss on flights?

Criminal Injuries Overseas

Find out how to claim compensation if you have suffered an overseas criminal injury.

Road Traffic Accident Europe

Claims for a road traffic accident can be made in your country of residence under new European laws. Although BREXIT has had a significant effect on which types of claim solicitors in the UK can assist with.

Bulgaria Road Accident

Discover the types of Bulgarian road accident claim which can be made from the UK.

Czech Republic Road Accident Claim

How to claim from the UK if you are involved in a road traffic accident in the Czech Republic.

Road Accident Poland

Claiming from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for injury in a Polish RTA.

INDUSTRIAL DISEASE

See all our our occupational illness articles in one comprehensive occupational disease compensation guide explaining the process in the UK to claim compensation following an industrial injury or follow our links below set out under headings (in accordance with the step in the claims process).

Employers’ Reports And Records

Employer Reports Of Industrial Inury

Industrial injuries often take some time to show symptoms in the victim – find out why this is the case and how to ensure your injury and symptoms are properly reported to your doctor and employer.

Industrial Accident Records Kept By Employers

Your employer must keep certain records by law which you can access when you make an industrial accident claim – find out what these reports are and how they can be used to win you compensation at court.

Occupational Disease Claims

Common Types Of Industrial Disease Claim

The most common types of industrial disease and how they are caused in the workplace are set out on this page.

Asbestos Compensation Claim

How inhalation of asbestos fibres in the workplace can lead to diseases such as asbestosis and mesothelioma. Find out why the inhalation of dust can lead to all manner of industrial injury claims.

Foundry Worker Injury Claims

Foundry workers are exposed to many dangers. This might include loud noise, dangerous fumes, vibrating machinery and slips and trip hazards. In this article we look at the steps of casting metal in a foundry couples with the risks to workers face at each stage. Thereafter, we set out when you can claim compensation from your employer.

Mesothelioma / Asbestosis Compensation Claim

Learn how to show that your employer is legally responsible for a mesothelioma, asbestosis or other industrial disease claim.

Repetitive Strain Injury

Find out how to show your employer is legally responsible for a workplace repetitive strain injury and how your employer might attempt to avoid paying you compensation.

Hearing Loss Diagnosis And Treatment

Find out why it is essential that your hearing loss is diagnosed and treated to allow your solicitor to have sufficient evidence to start your noise induced hearing loss claim.

Industrial Deafness Claim

Learn how to prove your employer is legally responsible for a noise induced hearing loss claim.

Noise Induced Hearing Loss Audiogram

Find out about the audiogram and other medical evidence your solicitor will need to prove you are suffering from hearing damage due to exposure to noise at work.

Dermatitis Skin Disease Claims

How to show your employer is legally responsible for occupational dermatitis.

Symptoms Of Asthma At Work

Find out the occupational asthma symptoms you are likely to suffer from due to inhaling air borne irritants at work, when you are likely to first experience the symptoms and how long you have to start a compensation claim.

Tinnitus claim

Find out what causes tinnitus in the workplace, why it is related to occupational hearing loss and how to claim from a former or current employer for noise exposure.

Making An Industrial Injury Claim

Commencing An Industrial Injury Claim

Find out how to start a compensation claim for industrial injury, which employer to make your claim against, the various national compensation schemes for UK disease claims and how long there is to start your claim before it is too late.

Employer Liability Insurance For Industrial Injury

Find out about the types of insurance your employer should have in place to meet your industrial injury compensation claim and ways your solicitor can trace a former employer’s insurance details (when you exposure took place many years ago and your former employer is no longer in business).

Time Limits Affecting An Industrial Deafness Claim

Find out why you can only claim for exposure to excessive noise in the workplace as from 1963; how the requisite noise level threshold has dropped from 90DB to 80DB and how to calculate when your three years statutory limitation period starts to run from date of knowledge of noise induced hearing loss.

Pre-Action Protocol For Industrial Disease Claims

If your claim is considered of a low value – your solicitor should follow the procedure set out in the pre-action protocol to start your claim. There are a number of exceptions for industrial disease claims.

How Much industrial injury compensation?

Asbestos Compensation Amounts

The amount of money you can claim in compensation for asbestos diseases including asbestosis, mesothelioma and lung cancer.

Industrial Deafness Compensation Payouts

Find calculated examples of the amount of money you can receive in compensation for industrial deafness.

RSI Compensation

See examples of the amount of compensation you can expect to receive for workplace repetitive strain injuries.

Skin Disease Payout Calculations

Guidance on calculations and examples of payout ranges for all manner of skin disease – from dermatitis to eczema

INJURY TO A CHILD / MINOR

Follow our step-by-step child compensation guide focusing on all our articles describing how to claim compensation for a child – a person under the age of 18 years.

Alternatively – select from the links below set out under convenient headings.

Types Of Child Claims

Accident At School

Discover the most common types of school accident your child might be able to claim compensation for in the UK.

Child Injury Whilst Trespassing

Children are often injured in places they should not be – even if a child is trespassing it is quite often the case that the law will protect them and allow them to claim compensation for their injuries.

Starting A Claim For A Child

Child Accident Claim Process

Making a compensation claim for a child differs in many ways to a claim for an adult – find out what these differences are and the correct procedure that should be followed if your are a parent or litigation friend.

Litigation Friend Needed To Claim Compensation

How to select and use a litigation friend to make a claim on behalf of a child.

Claims Against Children

What happens if a child causes your injury? Find out what liability a child might have to pay you personal injury compensation and insurance that may exist to meet any liability

Accepting Compensation For Your Child

Parental Indemnity Or Minor Settlement Hearing

How to conclude a compensation claim on behalf of your child. The importance of court involvement as compared to a guarantee by a parent.

Payment Of Compensation To Children Following Death Of A Parent

How payment of child compensation monies are apportioned when a child was financially dependent on a parent killed in an accident.

MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

Follow the medical negligence claim process guiding you to all our articles explaining each step you should take to make a claim.

Alternatively – our clinical negligence claims guide taking you through all the articles we have written setting out how to make a medical negligence claim.

Immediate Steps Following Suspicion Of Medical Negligence

Common Types Of Clinical Negligence Claims

What is clinical negligence and what are the most common types of claim?

Medical Malpractice Claim Due To Action And Inaction

Find out how an action or inaction can lead to a medical malpractice claim with reference to online sources of information and free online specialist solicitor help.

Patient Steps If Unhappy With Medical Treatment

Find out what you should do if you are unhappy with the medical treatment you have received and how your medical notes can often provide the key to winning you compensation.

Types Of Medical Negligence Claim

Hospital Negligence Due To Lack Of Informed Medical Consent

The importance of medical consent before an intrusive medical procedure takes place should not be underestimated. Find out how to claim if consent is not given.

MRSA Claim

Find out how to claim compensation from an hospital if you develop MRSA.

Still Birth / Miscarriage / Neo Natal Death Claim

Claim compensation for the death of a new born baby or a baby still in the womb

How Much Compensation For Medical Injuries?

Medical Negligence Compensation Amounts

Learn how your solicitor can value the amount of compensation you should receive for your medical negligence claim – examples are provided of the amount of damages you might receive for different injuries.

Choosing Your Clinical Negligence Solicitor

Medical Negligence Solicitor

Find how to choose a top specialist medical negligence solicitor to contact to help you make your claim

No Win No Fee Clinical Negligence

Find how you can fund your clinical negligence claim including using a no win no fee agreement.

PUBLIC LIABILITY CLAIMS

See our accidents in public places claim guide bringing all our articles relating to public liability into one convenient place or follow the claim process below set out under convenient headings with links to the relevant articles.

Types Of Accidents In Public Places

Club Accident Compensation Claim

Find out how to claim compensation for injuries in the most common types of drinking establishments – nightclub’s, bars and pubs.

Gym Accident Claim

Gym members and gym staff may suffer injury in a gym environment. We look at how to claim via gym public liability insurance and the duty owed to gym users.

Highway Slip Trip Fall Accident Claim

Discover how to claim if you are injured from a slip, trip or fall on a road, pavement or other public highway.

Kart Crash Accidents

Common types of indoor and outdoor karting accidents – with an explanation how to prove liability and claim compensation.

Petrol Station Accidents

Customers regularly suffer injury when using a petrol station whether from slipping in an oil spillage or an accident in the petrol station shop. Find out when you can claim compensation as a customer or as a petrol station worker.

Shop Injury Compensation Claim

Common shop accidents that cause injury together with the process to claiming compensation.

Supermarket Accident Compensation Claim

Typical customer accidents in supermarkets for both customers and shop workers, including food poisoning.

Starting Your Public Liability Claim

Pre-Action Protocol For Low Value Claims

Find out the when your solicitor should follow the procedure set out in the pre-action protocol for low value public liability claims.

ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Use our convenient headings below grouping our road accident claim articles by the stage of the claims process.

Alternatively, see our road accident claims process guide that summarises all our road accident articles in one – mapping out all the steps to making a road traffic accident claim.

Immediate Steps Following A Road Accident

Initial Steps Following Injury In A Road Accident

Find out the practical steps you should take immediately after you have suffered a road accident.

Report A Road Accident To Your Motor Insurer

Explanation of why you must always report any accident involving your motor vehicle to your motor insurer whether you are at fault or not or intend to claim direct from the other side. We consider invalidation of legal insurance policies for failure to disclose.

Evidence To Show How Your Motorcycle Accident Occurred

The evidence you can rely on to show how your RTA happened – using a motor bike accident as an example.

Details You Should Exchange At The Scene Of A RTA 

Find out the details should be exchanged by both the person at fault and the injured party at the accident scene. Discover what can be done if you have not been provided with these details or you leave the accident scene before giving the requisite details.

Finding A Driver’s Details From A Registration Number

Sometime you might only have the vehicle registration number of the driver at fault. – find out how to establish the driver’s personal details, his motor insurer’s identity with help from the Motor Insurers Bureau if the driver is uninsured or untraced.

Starting Your Road Accident Claim

How To Claim Compensation For Injury In A Motor Vehicle Accident

How to claim compensation following personal injury in a motor vehicle accident. Including the time period the law allows to commence a claim before it is too late.

When Will Motor Vehicle Insurance Or The MIB Pay Compensation?

Discover why all drivers are required to have vehicle insurance to pay compensation claims in the event of an accident and how you can still claim compensation via the Motor Insurers Bureau where no insurance is in place.

How To Prove Fault For A Car Accident

Guide as to how your solicitor can prove who was at fault for personal injury in a motor vehicle accident – using a car accident claim as an example. We consider claims when the person at fault was driving as part of their employment and what to do if you yourself are considered at fault.

Road Accident Small Claims Limit Since 31 May 2021

How the law changed in 2021 to adjust the amount of compensation that is required to allow your claimto be above the small claims limit. Above this amoun and allow the use of a solicitor to help with your claim.

Laws Protecting Cyclists From Injury On The Road

Find out the specific laws that can be relied on to show a driver is responsible for injuries to cyclists on the road.

Common Types Of Road Traffic Accident

Bicycle Injury Claims

The steps to claiming compensation when you are a cyclist injured by a motor vehicle, claims that could be considered against you by injured pedestrians and the risks that your claim could be reduced if you contributed to the accident through your own negligence.

Car Driver Injury Claims

We discuss not only when car drivers injured in a road accident can make a claim, but also when they themselves have liability for the injury to others.

Coach Accident Claim

Find out when passengers, coach drivers and other road users can make a claim for personal injury as a result of coach accident both in the UK and overseas.

Drunk Driver Collision

Many road accidents are caused by drunk drivers. However, so long as you can prove negligence – your solicitor can force a motor insurer to pay compensation even if the driver’s policy is invalidated.

Hit And Run Accident

How to claim for personal injury when a driver makes off after a road accident. Find who will pay compensation when you cannot identify the driver or the vehicle.

Motorbike Accident Claims

Discover how to determine legal fault for motorbike accidents including split liability claims and contributory negligence. See examples of the most common types of motorcycle collisions with an explanation of who is legally at fault for each.

Passenger Injury Claims

Why passengers in motor vehicles typically have the ability to claim compensation for injury, the risks to a claim of your own negligence, the vehicle is not insured and a criminal act was taking place.

Pedestrian Crossing Claims

How to claim compensation if you are hit by a motor vehicle whilst using a pedestrian crossing. For example – zebra crossing, pelican crossing, toucan and puffin crossings. Includes injury to cyclists and other types of road user.

Rear End Shunt Claim

Discover the different types of rear end shunt together with how to claim compensation for personal injury and vehicle damage.

School Crossing (Child Injury) Claims

Children injured whilst crossing a road near to a school on a control crossing point should be able to claim. Either the local authority (for a lollipop man / woman error) or a motorist (for a driving error) should be responsible to meet the claim.

Seat Belt Injury Claim

Seat belts are designed to protect you in a motor vehicle and failure to wear one can lead to more serious injury. We look at how your compensation can be reduced if you fail to wear a seatbelt and are injured in a road accident. Further we consider the types of injury you might experience from the restraining effect of a seatbelt in a high speed collision.

Taxi Accident Claim – Passenger, Driver, Pedestrians

Passengers in a taxi can invariably make a claim for injury whether a taxi driver is at fault or another motorist. In some instance – the taxi driver can claim for injury, vehicle damage and lost income when. Find when you can claim as a taxi passengers, a driver, another motorist or vulnerable road user, such as a pedestrian.

Compensation You Can Claim For Injury In A Road Accident

Types Of Traffic Accident Compensation

Learn about the different types of compensation you can claim for your RTA. Including sums for pain and suffering for your injury, financial loss and expense. legal fees and interest on your compensation.

Compensation For Financial Loss And Expense In A Car Accident

Find out all the types of financial loss and expense you can claim in a car or other motor vehicle accident. Including compensation for vehicle damage, loss of use of vehicle, hire car expense, loss of income, medical expenses, etc. Find out how the amount of compensation for certain types of whiplash in road accidents has changed.

Motor Bike Accident Compensation Amounts

Calculated examples of the amounts of compensation you should receive for the most common motorcycle injuries.

Using A RTA Solicitor

Choosing A Specialist Road Accident Lawyer

Find out the best way to choose a specialist solicitor to help you make your claim, including how to check a lawyer’s expertise and experience with the Law Society.

No Win No Fee

Discover how to use a no win no fee agreement to fund the legal costs of making your road accident personal injury claim.

Motor Legal Protection Insurance

You may have the benefit of legal protection insurance on your motor policy, which can fund a solicitor to help you make a claim for personal injury and vehicle damage. We explore how to check if you have such cover, how to claim if it is available and the cost benefits of using an insurance panel solicitor.

Overview Of The Road Accident Claims Process

Road Traffic Collisions Claims Process In Brief

This summary guide is a condensed form of the steps to claiming personal injury compensation following a road accident. Remember to read our more detailed articles for more information on each step

SLIP TRIP FALL CLAIM

Follow our step by step process to claiming compensation if you are injured in a slip, trip or fall accident.

Alternatively, see a summary of all our slip and trip articles explaining how to make a slip, trip or fall personal injury claim in the UK.

Immediate Steps Following A Slip, Trip Or Fall Highway Accident

When you are involved in a highway trip, slip and fall accident (on the pavement or the road) – there are some important things that you should do that will support a claim for compensation at a later stage. Generally, the close to your accident event the better. For example – taking a photograph of the defect and accident scene, gathering contact details of witnesses to your accident, reporting the defect to the respective authority, attending at hospital / GP, etc. In this guide you will find a descrption of what you should do and how they can benefit your claim.

Types of Highway Defect That Cause Trip and Fall Accidents

Find out what the law classes as a public highway coupled with the different defects that can cause you to have a trip and fall claim for compensation should a defect cause your injury.

Proving A Highway Trip Slip Compensation Claim

How to show that the council or other public body is responsible for your trip, slip, fall accident.

How Much Compensation For Slip Trip Personal Injury?

Calculated examples of the amounts of compensation you can claim for the most common types of trip, slip or fall injury.

Time-Limit To Start a Slip Trip Fall Accident Claim

Discover the time-limit that you have to star ta claim for compensation for personal injury following a slip trip fall accident. Discussing the general 3 year rule, exceptions to the rule, child claims and mental incapacity.

ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CLAIM PROCESS

Key considerations you must take into account when making a claim for compensation in the UK courts.

Summary of accident compensation claim types

On this page you have seen a description of each accident compensation claim type listed alphabetically with each stage of the claims process to make that type of claim.

We recommend you see our specialist solicitor free online / telephone help to select from the free legal assistance our website offers including asking your own accident compensation claim question.