Neck Injury Claims Payout Amounts For Soft Tissue And Cervical Spine Injury

Find out what the most common types of neck injury claims are, with examples of how much compensation you can claim for minor to severe neck injuries – including whiplash, cracked vertebrae, tendon injury, disc damage and paralysis.

Payout Tables For Neck Injury Claims Settling In 2023

Our payouts tables give set out compensation amounts for minor, moderate and severe neck injury claims, concluding with paralysis payout amounts.

Minor Neck Injury Claim Payouts Table

Moderate Neck Injury Compensation Amounts Table

Severe Neck Injury Average Claim Payouts Table

Complete Paralysis Compensation Payouts Table

What factors determine how much neck injury compensation you can claim?

The amount of compensation for pain and suffering (general damages) your solicitor will attempt to recover for your neck injury claim depends on several factors, including:

• The part of your neck that is injured (whether vertebrae, discs, tendons or muscles);
• The severity of your injury;
• The duration of your symptoms of pain;
• The effect on bodily function and mobility;
• Your psychological reaction; and
• The likelihood of temporary or permanent disability.

Common types of neck injury claim

Your neck includes the top of your spine (known as your cervical spine) extending from your head to your back and includes all the surrounding muscles, tendons and ligaments.

When your neck is injured in an accident or as a result of medical negligence – you should be entitled to claim compensation from the person considered “legally responsible” for your accident – such claims are known as “neck injury claims”.

The most common types of accident which give rise to neck injuries include:

Car accident whiplash

The human head is a heavy part of the body and if you are involved in a car accident collision whilst wearing a seatbelt (as a driver or a passenger) – your head can be thrown forwards and backwards in a violent manner causing injury to the neck muscles and sometimes the cervical spine itself.

See our car accident compensation article for a detailed description of all the types of compensation you can claim in a road traffic accident.

Law Change – On 31 May 2021 the amount of compensation you can claim for whiplash injuries in certain types of road accident became subject to fixed amount tariff compensation payouts, See our article road accident whiplash payouts from 31 May 2021 to see how much compensation you are now able to recover.

Remember – if you suffer a whiplash injury in another type of an accident, such as a work accident or trip and fall, the new whiplash tariff does not apply and the amounts you can claim are as set out in this article.

Lifting accidents at work

Back injuries and neck pain are common when employees are required to complete heavy lifting in the workplace.

See our accident at work article to see the work injury claims process from start to finish.

Motorcycle RTA

Unlike a car accident, which will typically cause a whiplash type injury, a motor bike RTA can cause significant injuries to the neck and cervical spine – all too often causing a broken neck and sometimes paralysis.

Be aware – motorcycle accident neck injuries are not affected by the law change on 31 May 2021 (as we described earlier).

Slip and trip neck injury

Gravity can be a tremendous foe and falls leading to impacts of your head on the floor or other objects can cause not only head injury, but also neck damage.

Slips and trips can occur on the pavements, in shops and at work. As long as someone, a business ofr the council is legally at fault for your accident – you may be able to make a claim.

Examples of compensation amounts for neck injury claims

Be aware – our neck injury payouts guide can include whiplash type injuries, but not whiplash in certain types of road accident that occur on or after 31 May 2021.

In 2023 you could expect the following amounts of compensation for neck injury claims:

Minor Neck Injury With Symptoms Lasting No More Than 3 months

If your neck injury (including whiplash) gives you symptoms lasting up to three months – your average claim payout will be calculated as up to £2,500.

Neck Injury And Whiplash Lasting From 3 months To A Year

If you suffer pain in your neck with symptoms lasting from a few months to one year – your compensation payout will likely be between £2,500 – £4,400.

Neck Injury For 1 – 2 years

Neck injuries, including whiplash, with neck pain lasting between 1 to 2 years can lead to average neck injury claim payouts ranging between £4,400 – £8,000.

Pre-Existing Condition Acceleration or Exacerbation Up To 5 years

Prior to your accident – you may have already had some form of a neck condition or degeneration in the cervical spine. Your accident might cause a new neck injury; an acceleration of an existing problem (earlier onset of symptoms than would have occurred but for the accident) or an exacerbation (worsening of a current neck condition).

Should you experience symptoms you would not have had for a period of up to 5 years – your likely neck injury claim payout would be calculated between £8,000 – £13,800.

Neck Injury With A Degree Of Disc Damage

If you suffer trauma and damage to your discs in your cervical spine resulting in conditions such as spondylosis (a kind of arthritis of the spine) and restricted movement of your neck. You could expect a compensation settlement for your neck injury of between £13,800 – £25,000.

Fractures Or Dislocations Requiring A Spinal Fusion

Fractures and dislocations to the cervical spine can cause severe symptoms and result in the need to have the spine fused, which can in turn leave limitations in function of the spine. These type of neck injuries would lead to neck injury claims payouts of between £25,000 – £38,500.

Fractures Or Tendon Damage Causing Significant Permanent Disability

Ruptured tendons, fractures or dislocations causing significant permanent disability may lead to an average claim payout of between £45,000 – £56,000.

Severe Fractures Or Severe Disc Damage

Severe fractures or disc damage that give rise to significant disability and restriction of movement. There may be loss of function in one of your limbs – but the injuries are not quite as bad as paralysis. Your neck claim settlement would be calculated between £66,000 and £131,000.

Incomplete Paraplegia

Neck injuries causing temporary paralysis of the lower body with little or no movement in your neck on a permanent basis – may lead to an average neck injury claim payout of around £148,000.

Complete paralysis of the lower body

The amount of compensation you can claim for complete paraplegia will depend on your levels of pain, sexual function and psychological reaction. Generally speaking your payout will be worth between £219,000 – £284,000.

Paralysis In Upper And Lower Body

Paralysis for all four limbs is known as tetraplegia / quadriplegia. Sometimes this type of paralysis will be associated with no pain and other occasions there can be symptoms of pain. The amount of compensation you can expect to recover for pain and suffering (general damages) will likely within a settlement range of £325,000 – £404,000.

Summary

In this article you have seen the most common types of accident that can cause injury to your cervical spine with examples of how much your compensation payout might be for different degrees of severity of neck injury claims.

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