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These days we are all trying to do our bit for the environment – walking, sharing vehicles, trying the bicycle, and using the bus. Amongst the hustle and bustle of busy city life, many more of us are finding using the bus an easier and faster way to travel from A to B. You don’t have the stress of cuing in traffic or the worry of parking; it seems the perfect way to travel sometimes.

However, I can’t help but notice the increasing amount of claims for compensation as a result of a bus accidents here at The Injury Lawyers. Bus accidents can happen not only because of a collision with a third party vehicle, but they can also be a result of the negligent driving of a bus driver.

Whenever I have used the bus, most drivers are cautious to stop and start gently and ensure you have fully stepped off the bus before departing at the bus stop. Most of us are lucky and know nothing different – it seems like standard bus driver behaviour. However, unfortunately, some of us think very different about bus drivers. If you have been in an accident and sustained injuries as a result of a negligent bus driver, don’t suffer in silence – get the compensation you deserve!
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Public Transport Accidents Rise with Petrol Increase.

Despite the recent statement by the government to scrap the 3p rise on fuel duty planned for January, families continue to struggle with the higher petrol prices we are subject to every day. As a result, more and more people are turning to public transport.

With the increase of usage of public transport, there is a noticeable rise of road traffic accident claims involving passengers on public transport.
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Have you been in a road traffic accident? Did your accident occur after 30^th April 2010? Did the accident occur in England or Wales? If you have answered yes to all three questions here, you may be able to claim compensation for your injuries as a result of your accident through the Road Traffic Accident Protocol.

The Road Traffic Accident Protocol is a more efficient and effective procedure to get the compensation you deserve. The Road Traffic Accident Protocol uses a Claims Notification Form which provides the Defendant insurers with all the circumstances surrounding your accident, and is submitted through an electronic portal to speed the process up.

We all would like claiming for compensation to be as simple and easy as possible – well now it is! All you need to do is ensure that you have all the following information and give us a call today and we can get your claim moving on that very same day!
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Whiplash is a pretty painful injury to suffer with. I’m recovering from it myself – and if you are reading this as a whiplash sufferer, or if you have recovered from a whiplash injury, you will know where I am coming from!

The symptoms can actually be a lot more complicated and a lot more varied than most people think. The symptoms that are generally associated with whiplash are:

• Pain in the neck, and / or back, and / or shoulder areas. Affected areas can be sore, stiff, or ache.
• Reduced movement in the affected areas
• Headaches, and sometimes dizziness and sickness
• Pins and needs in the arms
• Tingling sensations in affected areas

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If you have been injured in a road traffic accident and you are to obtain compensation, this will in almost every instance be provided by the negligent drivers’ insurance company. 

This is one of the reasons why it is compulsory to have motor insurance; if something does go wrong, it can be sorted out as quickly as possible.  Unfortunately though, there are over 1 million drivers in the UK who drive illegally without insurance.  So – what happens if you are injured in an accident caused by an uninsured driver?  Where would you get your compensation from?

Obviously it won’t be from their insurer – so, does the negligent driver themselves have to compensate you? Well that is a possibility, but it is unlikely because they probably don’t have the money to pay out.  Ok, so does that mean they get away with it, and an injured victim cannot be compensated? Fortunately not!  This is where the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (‘MIB’) can step in.
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It was only last week that I wrote about the potential perils of cycling.  It is sad then to hear of the death of two cyclists in London in the space of just a few weeks.  BBC news has reported that a lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a 34-year-old woman was killed in Bow on Friday, following the death of a 58-year-old man who was killed in a collision with a tipper truck last month.  According to BBC news, Transport for London has said it is ‘sorry’ about the recent deaths and the London Cycling Campaign has insisted that the design of some of London’s roads be looked into with a view to redesigning them to make it safer for cyclists. 

Such is the frustration of London’s cyclists, that this weekend, approximately 300 took to the roads to highlight the dangers of cycling in the capital.  Despite recent events, Transport for London has stated that there has been a near 20% fall in cyclists being killed or seriously injured in London in the past 10 years.

At The Injury Lawyers we are of the opinion that one death, or even one serious injury, is one too many.  Action must be taken to make our roads safer for cyclists.  If you have been unfortunate enough to have been involved in a road traffic accident whilst cycling and you have sustained an injury as a result, no matter how small, get in touch and we can see if we can help put you back in the position you would have been in had the accident not have happened by getting you the maximum compensation you deserve, and the medical treatment you need fast.
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Did you know that if you were a passenger injured in a road traffic accident that you have one of the best prospects of making a successful personal injury claim?

It does not matter whether you were the passenger in the car whose driver is at fault for the accident, or the passenger in a vehicle which has been involved in a collision with a negligent third party – so long as the blame for the accident cannot be attributed to you (which is, as a passenger, highly unlikely), you almost have a definite guaranteed claim for compensation. 

This is because you have sustained injuries through no fault of your own, and the law allows you, as the innocent party, to obtain compensation for these injuries.  Road users owe other road users a duty of care to ensure their safety and wellbeing; the same applies to drivers who owe their passengers the same duty of care.
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Road traffic accident claiming is straightforward – especially where the other driver has insurance as the usual route is to claim compensation from the insurance company.  However, it has been suggested that there are over one million uninsured drivers in the United Kingdom. 

So, how do you make a claim for compensation against an uninsured driver? After all, pursuing the driver themselves may not be fruitful as they will in all likelihood not be worth suing.  Does this mean that you cannot be compensated for the injuries you sustained at the hands of a negligent uninsured driver? No.

Over five decades ago, in 1946, an organisation called the Motor Insurers’ Bureau was set up to compensate the innocent victims of negligent uninsured drivers.  A compensation fund was started with roughly £15 to £30 of everyone’s yearly insurance policy being contributed.  This has meant that millions of innocent victims of negligent uninsured drivers have been able to obtain compensation for their injuries and vehicle damages.  It would be unjust if they could not be compensated simply because the negligent third party has broken the law – the Motor Insurers’ Bureau is able to deal with the claim and provide compensation like an insurer would.
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At The Injury Lawyers, the most common type of claim we deal with is that arising from injuries from a road traffic accident.  With a new procedure which came into place after April 2010 that streamlined the claims process, obtaining compensation got a whole lot more efficient and faster. 

Before, a road accident claim could take a fair few months or even a couple of years under the previous system; now you could receive payment confirmation within a couple of weeks and have your claim settled in less than a couple of months.  Anyone put off claiming for compensation for their injuries out of a car crash should not do so if this is on the basis that the matter is likely to drag on – it is in fact unlikely it will drag on!

In the most part, people also seem to think that it is only the driver of the motor vehicle that can be compensated.  For instance, if someone goes into the back of the driver’s motor vehicle, the driver in the vast majority of circumstances can obtain compensation.  That said, if it was the driver who caused the accident, then the driver cannot be compensated for their injuries as these injuries are not due to someone else’s negligence.  But what if you are an innocent passenger?
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When we talk of road traffic accidents our first thought is that this typically involves two or more cars. 

However, road traffic accidents incorporate all sorts of vehicles and pedestrians.  One of the rarer sorts of road traffic accident claims is that which involve buses.  If you or your lawyer can demonstrate that the injuries you sustained whilst on a bus were due to the negligence of a third party driver, you have a very real chance of obtaining compensation for those injuries – at the end of the day you are the innocent victim of someone else’s negligence.

Here are a few circumstances where you might have a claim:
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