Cheekbone Fracture Claim Payouts 2026: Compensation Guide for Broken Zygomatic (Malar) Bones
Discover what a cheekbone fracture claim involves and the different types of accident that can cause a broken cheekbone.
We also briefly explore cheekbone anatomy, including the medical naming of the zygomatic or malar bone.
The guide begins with an average payout table for cheekbone fracture claims, ranging from minor fractures to the most severe injuries requiring surgery or causing facial disfigurement.
At any time you can access our specialist solicitor online and telephone free legal help.
More About Fractures
Cheekbone fractures are one example of the many types of bone injury that can occur in accidents. If you want to compare compensation across different broken bones, you can also see our guide to fracture claim compensation payouts.
- Cheekbone Fracture Claim Payouts 2026: Compensation Guide for Broken Zygomatic (Malar) Bones
Payouts Table 2026 for Cheekbone Fracture Claims
| Cheekbone Fracture | Claim Payout |
|---|---|
| Minor | £2,900 – £3,700 |
| Moderate | £5,400 – £8,000 |
| Severe | £12,500 – £19,500 |
Our payouts table of cheekbone fracture claims not only sets out the escalating degrees of broken cheekbone injury, but also gives the corresponding compensation amounts you can expect for pain and suffering for each
We recommend reading our article in full for a detailed description of how these broken cheek settlement figures are calculated.
Additional Compensation Payouts Can Be Included For A Broken Cheek
Remember – in addition to compensation for pain and suffering for your broken cheek, you can claim compensation for financial loss and expense.
What is a cheekbone fracture claim?
If someone (or some business or body) can be shown to be legally-at fault for your cheekbone injury – you could be entitled to make a cheekbone fracture claim for compensation.
This compensation payout will include a sum for both your pain & suffering and financial loss and expense as a direct result of your injury.
Speak To A Specialist Solicitor
Be sure to speak to a personal injury solicitor as soon as possible to help you determine whether another party is at fault.
What are classed as your check bones in medical terms?
The cheekbones are two small prominent bones of your cheeks. They sit on either side of the face under each of your eyes.
The cheekbone is also known as the zygomatic bone, malar bone or malar.
The most common injury to the cheekbone is a fracture or break.
What are common accidents which can give rise to cheekbone injuries?
There are many types of accident which can cause injury to your cheekbones. Some examples of accidents which can lead to a broken or fractured cheekbone claim, include:
Motorcycle road traffic accident
Motorcyclists are more prone to injury then many other road users using large vehicles. When you are knocked of your motorbike in a RTA and hit the floor then you will often suffer various head and facial injuries, including a broken or fractured cheekbone.
Pedestrian hit by a car
In may respects – pedestrians are the most vulnerable of all road users and are often launched into the air when hit by a car, leading to multiple injuries – including facial injuries.
Car driver and passenger accidents
High speed crashes between cars and other motor vehicles can lead to facial injuries to both driver and passenger. Typically as a driver you can hit your face against the steering wheel, whilst passengers can collide with the dash board and head rests (if rear seat passengers) causing broken malar cheekbones.
Work accident – slips / trips and falling objects
Gravity is a formidable foe, which you will know if you have tripped and not managed to put your hands out in time to break your fall. Many people who fall unexpectedly, as at work (due to spillages, slippery surfaces or tripping hazards) can hit the floor with their face causing head and facial injuries, including fractured cheekbones.
Workers may be hit by falling objects, as on a building site, which can cause head and facial injuries.
Supermarket and pavement trips and falls
Spillages in supermarkets and objects left on the floor are a real hazard to customers. A slip, trip or fall at a supermarkets can lead to many types of injury, including a broken cheekbones.
In the same way – defects in the pavement can present a tripping hazard. Members of the public who trip and fall can receive very serious injuries. For example – older members of the public who do not manage to get there hands out in time before hitting the floor.
Fractured and broken cheekbone claims are very common injuries in pavement highway trip accidents.
Malar augmentation or reconstruction clinical negligence
Some medical procedures involve reconstructing your cheekbones. Clinical negligence can lead to fractures and other types of cheekbone injury claims.
What about criminal assaults?
Criminal assault will very often lead to a fractured cheekbone.
Assault at work
Assault by an employee in the course of employment may result in your employer being liable to pay you compensation by virtue of a legal doctrine known as vicarious liability. In this way – your claim can be valued in a similar manner as personal injury in other accidents.
However – assault in different circumstances may lead to a very different outcome, as set out below:
Assault by a member of the public
Criminal assault that is not part of someone’s employment would likely lead to a claim via the criminal injuries compensation authority.
The assessment of how much a fractured cheekbone is worth in criminal injuries is dependent on a tariff scheme that details fixed amounts for defined specific injuries.
Less Compensation For Criminal Injuries
Unfortunately, criminal injury claims typically attract far less compensation than you would recover in a personal injury claim for the equivalent injury.
How much are average compensation payouts for fractured cheekbones?
The amount of average compensation payout you can claim for pain and suffering from a broken cheekbone depends not only on the type of fracture, but also the its severity. Therefore – you will no doubt find our calculated examples as set out below:
Simple cheekbone fracture claim average payout
When you suffer a simple fracture to your cheekbone resulting in a complete recovery and no requirement for surgery then you can expect an average claim payout calculator of between £2,900 – £3,700.
Broken cheekbone requiring reconstructive surgery
If you suffer a simple fracture to your cheekbone requiring surgery (to reconstruct the malar bone), but you do not suffer long-term effects after the surgery, then you can claim a compensation settlement calculated between £5,400 – £8,000.
Broken cheekbones requiring surgery with permanent disfigurement
The worst type of broken cheek bone will not only require surgery, but also leave disfigurement. Such serious broken cheekbones claims will result in an average payouts between £12,500 – £19,500.
FREE Specialist solicitor legal help
Now that you have learnt all about cheekbone fracture claims you may benefit from our free online / telephone legal assistance.
Firstly, you can call our solicitors direct to discuss how your broken cheek was sustained and the options available to you. Secondly, you may wish to arrange a solicitor callback at a time convenient for you. Thirdly, you can ask you own question and have it answered in telephone conversation or online. Finally – you may wish to have a fracture cheekbone claim assessed before deciding whether making a claim is right for you or not.
