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As we all know, accidents at roundabouts are a common occurrence nowadays. The general rule is that you must always give way to all traffic coming from your right, whether this is a mini roundabout, or a larger one with multiple lanes. But all too often drivers are pulling out in front of others and driving in the wrong lane and cutting others up; so it’s no wonder so many road traffic accidents are caused by careless driving on roundabouts.

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Firstly, you can be assured I’m speaking from plenty of experience here as a man who has not only advised countless victims making whiplash claims with The Injury lawyers, but also as a sufferer of the injury myself. I’ve had a claim and settled it last year for quite a bad stint of whiplash, so I know how agonising it can be.

Here is a quick guide about what you need to know when it comes to working with a whiplash injury.

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As a car driver myself I am often left bewildered about the actions and manners of certain other road users. Unfortunately we can only control what we do ourselves. Some road users (you come across them most days) always appear to be in a rush, like the type that overtake you despite the fact that you are travelling at the speed limit, or the type that drive ridiculously close behind your vehicle for no apparent reason.

Although frustrating, you just have to concentrate on your own driving at times. Obviously no one wants the inconvenience of dealing with an accident, even if you were not injured or it was not your fault. Any type of accident will likely cause inconvenience to you.
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Whilst it of course all depends on the actual circumstances of an accident, there are certain common scenarios where it’s normally easy to establish who is to blame.

The basic principle of a junction is that the driver established on the road should expect to be able to proceed without anyone pulling out from a junction in to their path. At the same time, a driver merging on to the new road from a junction must give way to vehicles already on the new road.

If someone pulls out from a junction and ends up either in your path or pulls out in to your vehicle, causing a collision, you should be able to make a full claim for personal injury compensation from the other drivers insurance.

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The topic of this one comes from a chat me and some of my colleagues had yesterday at The Injury Lawyers HQ when we were discussing the recent claim that one of our team has had to make. It’s a whiplash claim, and for those of you who have ever suffered from the injury, you’ll know just how bad it can be.

I myself have suffered a whiplash injury, so based on my experience and the experiences of others I have chatted to, and some official reports you probably didn’t know about, here’s a little insight in to the real whiplash injury.

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So you’re travelling along when suddenly some other driver cuts across you from the other side of the road right in to your path and causes a collision. The bad news is that you probably have damage to the front end of your car which will often result in a write off, and you’re probably going to suffer a whiplash injury. The good news though is that you should have a successful claim for personal injury compensation.

So if this has happened to you, we should defiantly be able to help you out with a No Win, No Fee claim – read on for the info you need.
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It’s an easy thing to happen – especially after a stressful shopping trip or if visibility isn’t too great. But if you are correctly driving along or you are stationary and another vehicle reverses in to you from a parked space and hits you, what are your rights for making a claim for personal injury compensation?

Normally the other driver will be held fully liable for the accident by failing to keep a proper lookout when reversing. It’s similar to a driver pulling out of a junction in to a correctly proceeding car. The duty is primarily on the driver coming out of the space and in to the traffic way to manoeuvre slowly and with great care – constantly checking for pedestrians and vehicles.

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If another driver hits you in the back, you have an almost guaranteed claim for personal injury compensation.

For another driver to hit you in the rear, they must have either (or a combination of) been driving too fast, not leaving a safe enough distance between them and you, or not concentrating on the road ahead etc. Unless you slammed your brakes on for no good reason, the other driver should be at fault.

Whether you’re stationary in a line of traffic or at the edge of a roundabout and you have been hit, or whether you were driving along and the other driver has simply gone in to the back of you, it is likely you will end up suffering with a whiplash injury.

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A lot of people are keen to know how much compensation they may be entitled to after having an accident – and when it comes to whiplash accident victims, people are often very keen to know what the average whiplash settlement figures are.

So what is the average whiplash settlement for a personal injury compensation claim?

Firstly I need to let you know how the system works – as there is a lot to consider. The whole value of the claim is based on the following things:

• The length and severity of your suffering
• The extent it has had an impact on you – some people are affected more (for example more active people may be unable to enjoy exercise and as such have had a bigger impact than someone who perhaps doesn’t exercise)
• Your losses – like lost earnings from time off work, medication expenses, general medical and treatment expenses, and any other financial losses or expenses on your part

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There’s nothing worse than being injured in general; but it’s worse when it’s over the festive period when we are meant to be enjoying ourselves instead of moping about with a stiff neck, shoulders and back.

Whiplash can be a lot more complicated than most people think. It’s not the stereotyped injury that people often see it as – ask any whiplash sufferer and they should be able to tell you that it’s actually quite painful and debilitating.
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