| If you've been involved in a road traffic accident, | | | | were hit by a driver that |
| then you might be entitled to compensation. Some | | | | 6. Motorcyclists and car drivers might also suffer an |
| firms of solicitors specialise in these sorts of | | | | accident of injury due to defective vehicles or road |
| situations, and thanks to their experience and | | | | surfaces. Perhaps you were hit by a car that wasn't |
| knowledge will be able to advise whether you do | | | | roadworthy, or lost control of your motorbike |
| actually have a case, and how to go about claiming | | | | because the road surface was poor, or due to fuel |
| for it. Here are some of the scenarios that might | | | | being on the road. |
| have arisen due to a road traffic accident. | | | | 7. If you've had a road traffic accident abroad, then |
| 1. You or a loved one might have suffered a serious | | | | you might be able to claim too. You might have been |
| brain or spinal injury that requires full time care and | | | | driving a defective hire car, or were hit whilst |
| attention, or will need years of rehabilitation, or house | | | | crossing the road. |
| adaptions in order to increase the quality of life. | | | | 8. Perhaps unsurprisingly, road traffic accidents are |
| 2. Perhaps you want to claim as your children have | | | | the most common form of personal injury claim, and |
| been injured in a road traffic accident, or affected by | | | | so there are lots of firms of solicitors who will be |
| what they've seen. Your solicitor will be able to | | | | able to help you if you think that you could make a |
| advise how to go about this, and whether your claim | | | | claim. |
| is likely to be successful. | | | | 9. If you've been injured in the accident, and are |
| 3. Passengers on public transport might also be | | | | unable to work then you'll want to claim so that you |
| entitled to claim if the vehicle they were travelling in | | | | can be compensated for the loss of earnings you |
| was involved in an accident. Perhaps your bus or | | | | suffered. |
| tram had an accident and you were injured as a | | | | 10. You'll also want to claim for damage to your |
| result of it. | | | | motorbike or motorbike clothing and accessories, as |
| 4. It might also be possible to claim if you were | | | | well as injuries to yourself if you've had a motorbike |
| injured as a result of the actions of an uninsured | | | | accident. |
| driver. | | | | Now you know the sort of reasons you might be |
| 5. As a pedestrian or cyclist you are also entitled to | | | | entitled to claim compensation, do you need to speak |
| claim. Perhaps a car mounted the pavement, you | | | | to a road traffic accident solicitor? |
| were crossing the road and were hit by a vehicle, or | | | | |