If you have been injured in a road traffic accident which was not your fault, it is probably the last thing on your mind to think about making a claim for compensation. At The Injury Lawyers, we totally understand this. In all likelihood your car might need some serious repairs, or could have been written off, and you are not sure how you are going to get around without a car. Even worse, you will no doubt be shaken up from your accident, and your injuries may be particularly serious, and all you want is to just get better. That said, you may later want to make a claim for compensation, and, as long as you bring this claim for compensation within three years of the date of your accident, that is not a problem.
The most frequent injury suffered by our clients who have been involved in a road traffic accident is whiplash. This is a soft tissue injury which occurs when your neck and spine area as a result of a serious and sudden jerk to the neck / head area. For example, it may occur if you are stationary in your vehicle and a negligent third party drives into the back of your vehicle at speed. If your whiplash symptoms did not appear for a few days after the accident, you are experiencing a common sign of whiplash – you can make a whiplash claim for compensation even if it didn’t hurt right from the beginning. Just because the whiplash symptoms were not immediate does not mean that they do not stem directly from your accident, as it is highly likely that they do.
Making a claim for compensation is not particularly arduous. With the right injury lawyer, one with plenty of experience and one who specialises in whiplash claims, your claim for compensation could be over in a matter of weeks or a couple of months. In fact, with an injury lawyer on your side, they will do most of the work for you. You will just have to let them know exactly what happened and be on hand to answer any questions they may have – the lawyer will do the rest. The only thing they won’t be able to do for you is to attend a medical appointment once liability has been admitted for your accident – which is something you should need to do. In any event this will probably take no longer than 30mins, and will be at a time and location convenient for you. The reason you are required to have a medical report compiled is so that your injury lawyer will be able to properly value your claim and rely on this to settle your claim for the maximum amount of compensation you deserve.
If you agree that this does not seem like too much hassle at all, then you will be glad to know that on average a whiplash claim is worth approximately £2,500. But, importantly, it could be worth more. So, if you are prepared to take the time to instruct an injury lawyer you should receive the guaranteed maximum amount of compensation you deserve to put you back in the position you would have been in had the accident not have occurred.
Give The Injury Lawyers a call today for some no obligation, independent and free legal advice.
