If you were a passenger in a vehicle that has been involved in a road traffic accident and you have been injured as a result, you are entitled by law to make a claim for compensation.
Passenger claims are one of the most successful personal injury claims as you could never be at fault for the accident unless you did something daft like deliberately causing the accident by grabbing the wheel or the hand brake.
Therefore, passenger claims are the easiest claims to establish – if you were in a vehicle that collided into the back of someone and as a result of the driver’s negligent action you are injured, how can this be your fault? Or if you were a passenger in a vehicle and another vehicle collided into you – this cannot be your fault, and therefore you are entitled to compensation.
By law you are entitled to claim compensation for your injuries and any out of pocket expenses that you may have incurred that are caused as a result of the accident. Such out of pocket expenses may include loss of earnings, travel expenses to go to and from medical appointments, any medication that you have had to pay for, or any care and assistance that you have had to receive from friends or family.
You can even claim for compensation if you were injured as a passenger on a bus. For example, if you were standing on a bus and the bus driver suddenly drove away from the bus stop resulting in you falling and injuring yourself, the negligent actions of the driver is a claim that the bus company has to cover you for. You therefore can claim for compensation all the same.
Making a claim for compensation is simple and easy to. All you have to do to get everything started is complete a Claim Notification Form which takes around 15 minutes with the help of your solicitor. Once the form has been completed we will submit it electronically, in order to stop any delays in the post, to the third party insurer. They will then have 1 business day to acknowledge receipt of the form and 15 business days to investigate and respond in relation to liability.
And it is simple as that! So if you have been involved in a road traffic accident that was not your fault remember you are entitled by law to make a claim for compensation as you were an innocent passenger. Call The Injury Lawyers today on 0800 634 75 75 for free, no obligatory legal advice.
