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There have been plenty of safety campaigns on television and on street posters aimed at protecting pedestrians, but unfortunately pedestrians are still caught up in road traffic accidents as a common occurrence.

Some fortunately suffer with only minor injuries whilst others are more seriously hurt.  In many cases, the pedestrian won’t have been at fault for the accident and is entitled to compensation for their injuries – or may have been partly to blame, but the law is generally on the side of the pedestrian.

Zebra crossing accidents are one of the more common places where pedestrians are injured by motor vehicles.  This is despite zebra crossings having warning signs and being clearly marked out on the road.  Even though motorists are supposed to be careful and look out for zebra crossing and beware of people on these crossings and stop, this does not always happen – sadly with serious consequences.
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Are you currently experiencing stiffness and pain in your neck, shoulder or back area? Tenderness and headaches? Do you feel less mobile and tiered? These are just some of the symptoms of whiplash you can experience.

Whiplash is one of the most common types of injury as a result of being involved in a road traffic accident. Here at The Injury Lawyers we are expert personal injury solicitors who aim to get all of our clients the maximum amount of compensation possible and we give you 100% of it – not a penny less.

If you have been involved in a road traffic accident that was not your fault, you are entitled by law to claim for personal injury compensation. Why should you have to suffer because of someone else’s negligent actions? You shouldn’t – that is why with the right personal injury solicitor by your side you can get the justice that you deserve. Claiming for whiplash is an easy, hassle free procedure too. To get your claim started we will complete a Clam Notification Form with you which is a form containing all the details and circumstance of your accident. We will ask you for all the relevant information and all you have to do is provide it! Simple as that.
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Making a claim for compensation for injuries you have sustained in a road accident is straightforward and certainly is not like it used to be. 

Before April 2010, the process was a bit drawn out, and it could take nearly 4 months just for the Defendant to admit liability, even in the most straightforward of cases.  The process has now been revamped.  Normally you will know whether the Defendant admits or denies liability within 2 weeks, and your claim could be settled in just a couple of months.  So, if you have heard things about the claims process being slow and not worth your while, you may wish to reconsider.

Under the new protocol for low value road traffic accident claims the process is simple and fast. 
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Giving advice to people who were injured as a passenger in an accident is normally very simple.  You almost certainly have a claim for compensation.  A passenger would have to do something extreme and unusual to have been at fault for the accident they were involved in – and no matter who was at fault for the accident, as long as it wasn’t them, they are entitled to compensation for their injuries.

Types of passenger claims where you can be compensated:

• You are in a car and the driver loses control and goes off road, causing you injuries
• You are in a car which is involved in a collision with another vehicle
• You are on a bus which for no reason slams on its brakes throwing you out of your seat (perhaps the driver wasn’t concentrating and only saw the red traffic lights at last minute)

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If you are a pedestrian and you are hit by a motor vehicle and injured, your claim for compensation still comes under the heading of a road traffic accident despite you not being in a car yourself. 

At The Injury Lawyers we are only too aware, despite the numerous hard hitting safety campaigns that are out there, that every day pedestrians are injured by negligent motorists.  This is still the case even though pedestrians have their own pathways and crossings.  In particular, accidents often occur on zebra crossings.

Motorists are under a duty of care to other road users, pedestrians and the passengers they carry in their vehicles.  Nevertheless accidents do happen and can happen on zebra crossings.  It appears that despite zebra crossings being clearly marked out on our roads and with warning signs on their approach, motorists do not heed their presence or consider that it is likely that pedestrians will be using them to cross from one side of the road to the other.
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Nowadays, if you have been involved in a road traffic accident and have been injured through no fault of your own and you want to get compensation for your injuries, the process of doing so is actually straightforward and fast. 

A couple of years ago you could have been waiting a few months just for the other side to admit liability and your claim may not have been settled until a year down the line, but now, most claims can be settled in a few months.  This is because of a new protocol led by the Ministry of Justice being put in place, and I will quickly outline this for you:

The first thing you should do is instruct a quality injury lawyer who will recover their fees from the other side for their work and won’t seek to reduce your compensation payout in anyway.  They are best placed to do the legal work for you and make sure that everything goes smoothly. 
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I must get asked this question at least everyday working here at The Injury Lawyers as it is an important aspect of making a whiplash claim – how much compensation am I likely to get? As we are expert personal injury lawyers, here is a quick guide to help explain valuing whiplash compensation:

Before I start it must be noted that not every claim will be the same. Each whiplash claim is different as people are affected in different ways.
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Its common for a third party insurer to do anything to settle a whiplash claim as soon as possible. They do not care that you’re injured and how it is affecting your life, they just want to get rid of the claim as quickly as they can and save themselves as much money as possible! So do not be fooled if the third party insurer offers you an inviting sum of money to settle – you may well deserve far, far more!

Third party insurers usually offer a sum around £1,000.00 to settle a claim before any medical evidence has been obtained, which is known as a pre-medical offer. Medical evidence is used to value your whiplash claim as it consists of a report outlining the injuries you sustained in the accident and how long you are likely to suffer for. Without this evidence it is impossible to value your claim – therefore by accepting a pre medical offer you could be settling your claim for far less than it is actually worth!

Accepting a pre-medical offer seems extremely tempting, but there are serious risks.  If you accept a pre medical offer then there is no going back! Once you have accepted to settle your claim you cannot claim for any more compensation if you discover that you are still suffering from your injuries months down the line, or if you incur any more out of pocket expenses. So if your solicitor advises you not to accept a pre medical offer, they are doing this for your own good.
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The other day I was speaking with a gentleman who had great prospects of a successful claim for compensation.  I advised him of this but he was a little worried that his claim might take a long time and was not sure whether to go ahead. 

At The Injury Lawyers we come across this a lot – people have an idea in their head that the claims process is hard work and could take a lot of time to get settled and as such they find this off-putting.  The thing is, the reality of claiming for injuries from a road traffic accident is that it is actually very straightforward in the vast majority of circumstances, and then whole claim could be done and dusted within just a few short months!

Yes, a few years ago, road traffic accident claiming could have taken a fair while.  This was because the Defendant was allowed almost four months to just simply come back with their position on liability, or in other words, whether they admitted or denied fault for the accident.  This was unacceptable; so from April 2010 the process was reformed.  The Defendant’s insurer now only has a period of just over two to three weeks to admit or deny liability.
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In the UK there are thousands of road traffic accidents occurring on our busy roads, which means there are a lot of claims for whiplash. Whiplash is one of the most common types of injuries associated with road traffic accidents; what many people do not realise is that they can claim for compensation for suffering from a whiplash injury.

The law states that if you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligent actions you are entitled to claim for compensation and be financially placed back in the position that you would have been in if the accident had not occurred. On the injury side of things, we cannot take away the pain you have endured, but we can settle your case for a financial sum as compensation for the suffering you have endured. And so you should be able to – why should you suffer from the pain and inconvenience of whiplash just because of someone else’s negligent actions?

So how do you go about making a claim for compensation? Well, first of all, you need to find an expert personal injury lawyer who can guarantee you 100% of your compensation and provide a genuine no win no fee agreement. We here at The Injury Lawyers can do just that!
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