Facial Fracture Claim Payouts (2026): How Much Compensation for Le Fort and other Mid‑Face Injuries?
Compensation for a facial fracture claim typically ranges from £18,500 – £45,000 for pain and suffering with additional sums recoverable for financial loss and expense.
Facial fractures affect the bones of the face that shape appearance, support vision and breathing, and allow speech and eating. These injuries often involve significant pain, functional impairment, and a risk of long‑term cosmetic or psychological effects.
This article focuses on facial fracture compensation, including Le Fort fractures, blowout fractures, and other mid‑face injuries. It explains typical payout ranges, how compensation is calculated, and how facial fracture claims differ from skull fracture and head injury claims.
Payouts Table (2026) for Facial Fracture Claims
| Type Of Facial Fracture | Compensation Range |
|---|---|
| Le Fort Fracture | £29,500 – £45,000 |
| Multiple Facial Fractures (facial deformity) | £18,500 – £30,000 |
The above payouts table sets out different facial injuries coupled with the compensation payout range for each injury.
Factors that determine how much compensation you can claim
Factors that influence how much compensation you receive for the pain and suffering caused by a facial fracture include:
- Number of facial bones fractured.
- Whether you experience a single or multiple fractures to each facial bone.
- The severity of the fracture. Notably whether a more serious Le Fort fracture is present.
- Whether surgical intervention is necessary.
- Time period to recovery or the level of permanent disability experienced.
- Cosmetic outcome, including facial deformity and scarring.
- Psychological injury.
- Affect on speech, eating, vision, sense of smell and taste.
Where scarring remains: See our Facial Scarring Compensation Guide.
What is a facial fracture claim?
Where one or more facial bones are fractured and some one (other than yourself) is considered legally-at-fault or negligent – you will generally be entitled to make a facial fracture claim for compensation for both the pain and suffering you experience and the financial loss and expense you experience.
In essence a facial fracture claim is a personal injury claim where the primary injury is a fractured bone of the face.
Broken Facial Bones Can Affect Your Senses
The facial bones assist with the operation of your senses. For example – nasal bones help with airflow for the sense of smell and orbital bones with fixing your eye positioning to see stereoscopically. Whereas temporal bones surround your ear canal and help with your hearing.
Common types of facial fracture
There are several types of facial fracture, which can rise to a claim for compensation – including:
Le Fort fractures (mid‑facial fractures)
A high energy impact fracture to the front midface is known as the Le Fort fracture.
The name was derived from a French surgeon known as Rene Le Fort.
Generally, Le Fort fractures are involve significant displacement of the broken bones, lead to significant instability to the face and require surgery to insert plates and screws.
Le Fort fractures involve the maxilla and surrounding facial bones and are classified into three types:
Le Fort I
Horizontal fracture above the upper teeth affecting the lower nasal area.
Le Fort II
Pyramidal fracture involving the upper jaw, nasal bones, and eye sockets. The fracture runs from the corners of both sides of the upper jaw diagonally to the eye sockets and horizontally across the top of the nasal passage.
Le Fort III
Complete separation of the mid‑face from the cranial base. The fracture runs from the top of the cheek bones up to the outer parts of the eye sockets, across the eye sockets in a horizontal line meeting at the top of the septum and nasal passage.
High Speed Car Accidents Often Cause Le For Fractures
Le Fort fracture claims are common following a car accident, in which passengers or drivers are not wearing a seatbelt and receive a full force frontal impact, such as on the steering wheel or structural support of the car.
Blowout fractures
A blowout fracture involves a fracture of the cheekbone and the walls or the floor of the eye socket (orbital). It generally affects vision and is most commonly encountered in assault or other criminal injury claims.
Nasal fractures
See our Nose Fracture Claims Guide.
Cheekbone fractures
See our Cheekbone Fracture Compensation Guide.
Jaw fractures
The upper jaw is part of your skull. See our Jaw Injury Claim article.
What types of accident cause facial fractures?
The most common types of accident that cause facial fractures and lead to compensation claims generally involve a high force impact to the face. These include:
- Road traffic accidents. Both high speed road accidents and those involving large vehicles, such as lorries and buses. In addition, vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians and motorcyclists are particularly at risk.
- Workplace accidents. For example – defective machinery claims and falls from height, including scaffolding accident claims.
- Slips, trips and falls, particularly where a person in unable to protect their face in time during the fall. This is common when elderly people fall and when hands are already occupied, such as falls down stairs at work or supermarket wet floor slip accidents.
Summary
In summary, facial fracture compensation reflects not only the medical severity of the injury but also its functional, cosmetic, and psychological consequences. You now understand how compensation for different types of facial fractures are assessed and where Le Fort fractures sit within compensation ranges..
Free Legal Help
We understand that being involved in an accident that causes facial fractures is distressing. This is why we offer free initial legal help – by phone and online. You can call a solicitor direct to ask a question, have your claim assessed or just find out what your options are before deciding whetehr to make a claim.
