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Like most drivers, if I ever drive through a city centre at night or any roads near local bars where it is clear people have been drinking I am extremely careful. I’ll drive below the speed limit and check to see whether any of them are likely to run out in front of my car. Becoming involved in an accident with a pedestrian is a driver’s worst nightmare.

Pedestrians are extremely vulnerable to motor vehicles and if they become involved in an accident with one, they can suffer from extreme injuries depending upon the speed of the vehicle.

If you’re on a night out or have been drinking and become involved in an accident that you believe wasn’t your fault there are a few ways a court would look at this. They would look at where the accident took place so would consider if on the road whether it was at a pedestrian crossing or not. If so they would look at whether the pedestrian just walked out or whether the vehicle failed to pay due care and attention.
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The Highway Code describes children as extremely vulnerable when on the road. It states that drivers need to pay due care and attention when driving around places such as schools where children are expected to be. A lot of children don’t have a high understanding of danger and therefore it is extremely unlikely that a court will find contributory negligence against a child.

To make sure children are safe when going to and from school, local authorities employ lollipop men and women to make sure they cross the busier roads safely. However most schools only employ one lollipop man or women so it is up to the drivers to look out for children who may run out from behind parked vehicles.

From a young age, children are taught about road safety. For example: The Green Cross Code is taught to children in primary schools. This tells them to stop, look and listen before crossing a road. They are also reminded to look left and right a number of times before doing so. Some schools even watch videos on road safety with pupils to ensure they have a full understanding of the dangers of motor vehicles.
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Most of us make a weekly visit to our local supermarket to carry out what we all refer to as the big shop or the weekly shop. Some of us spend what feels like a fortune on food. We all try to choose a time that we expect the supermarket won’t be so hectic…some of us tend to avoid Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Supermarkets can get extremely busy at the worst of times, and the stress of trying to get everything you need in a busy environment and pushing a trolley around, can at times get to the best of us, especially if we’ve got the kids as well. Kids tend to hate anything to do with shopping; the only thing they like is putting a bag of sweets or a new toy in the trolley.

Unfortunately some supermarkets are the setting for a scene of an accident. It may be that there are tins or boxes piled up in a display at the end of aisle, and if someone accidentally nudges them with their trolley, they may fall over. Supermarkets also have cleaners on duty making sure that there are no hazards around such as spilt liquids on the aisles or broken glass.
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Unlike any other injury at work claims – asbestos related diseases can take years to make themselves known. On average it takes between 20-40 years for symptoms of the disease to show. When symptoms do become apparent they can have drastic effects, causing life-threatening illness from diseases such as Mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma is a deadly form of cancer that develops in the chest; it forms a membrane that wraps itself around the lungs and other organs. Unfortunately in some cases Mesothelioma can be incurable, and if it develops progressively it can become fatal.
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The roads today can be a dangerous place, especially in the more busy areas. That’s why it is so important that drivers do everything they can when using the roads, to show a duty of care to other road users. It is important that they make other drivers aware of what they intend to do next, for example they should indicate if they wish to turn right giving the driver behind enough time to stop.

The failure to do so could cause a road traffic accident, if a driver fails to indicate to the driver in front that they are going to turn off, the driver behind will not know to slow down and may go into the back of them. This would then leave the lead driver to answer to why they suddenly stopped with no warning.

If you have been involved in a road traffic accident due to the negligence of another driver and you became injured because of this then you may be able to make an injury compensation claim. Road traffic accidents take place everyday on our roads; sometimes both parties should negligence towards one another. However there is usually one party that appears to have shown more negligence.
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With a lot of the population in the UK relying on motor vehicles as our main method of transport the roads are becoming more and more busy. The worst time on the roads and what all drivers really want to avoid is the drive to and from work in the morning and around teatime. A lot of us tune into our local radio station on the way home to hear about any traffic jams, and if possible we try to avoid them.

Even the most minor of car accidents can cause serious injuries, for example if someone drives into the back of you it is highly possible that you will suffer from a whiplash injury. A whiplash injury is caused when a person’s neck is forced to jilt either backwards, forwards or sideways. This can damage the neck and its surrounding area. Unlike most injuries whiplash injuries can take days to make themselves known, it may be that you begin to feel aching pains around the neck, if this happens you should see your GP.

Road traffic accidents involving motor vehicles are a big worry to our government that is why they use precautions such as speed bumps, and speed cameras to try and get drivers to slow down. They often hold T.V campaigns that try and warn drivers what could happen if they become involved in an accident.
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When we speak to clients some of the most popular questions are how much is my claim worth? And how long will it take to get my claim sorted? The honest answer to both of the above questions is we don’t know, we can give you a rough estimate to both of them but it entirely depends on the type of claim and what evidence we need to make the claim a success.

When gathering evidence to link a client’s injury to an accident it may be that we need to look at their medical records, this means requesting them from the NHS, and may take a few months for them to come through. The length of an average compensation claim varies from case-to-case depending on the co-operation of the other side.
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When you use public transport you expect as a passenger, that you’ll endure a safe journey to your destination. However that’s not always the case!

With autumn slowly creeping in, those winter bus journeys are going to be something we all dread. Getting up an extra hour in the morning, waiting at a bus stop or railway/tube station in wet and cold conditions, it’s not a nice experience…

When using public transport the driver of the bus, tram, train etc owes you, as a customer, a duty of care.
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When you consider making a personal injury claim it can often be confusing to whether or not you have a valid claim to make. Within the UK there are thousands of pounds of injury compensation left unclaimed. Here at The Injury Lawyers we want to make sure that everyone gets the compensation that they are entitled to. 

If you have suffered an injury that wasn’t your fault then why should you be left to pick up the pieces? We understand that anyone who has been injured due to the negligence of others may need help when getting back on their feet, whether it is loss of earnings, medical costs, or an injury that prevents them to carry on working long-term.
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If you have an accident at work are you responsible or are your employer’s automatically responsible for failing to take “better care of you”?

This is difficult to answer with a definitive ‘yes’ or ‘no’… As every case has to be judged on its own merits and there are many aspects which can influence how successful your claim is likely to be.

The first point is to establish whether or not your employer owed you a duty of care in the circumstances. Did your accident happen in your workplace; this may be in an office or out on a site you are contracted to work on? Your van or truck may be your workplace for example? If this is the case and if you had an accident whilst in your workplace then it’s more than likely that your employer owed you a duty of care.
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