Roundabout Accident Compensation Claim Lawyers

Most people in the United Kingdom drive.  Some are more confident drivers than others, but I think it is fair to say that there is always an aspect of driving that people least prefer.  For some people, the use of roundabouts can be terrifying, or at least, not particularly pleasurable.  Unfortunately accidents on roundabouts occur daily.  But it is not just those people who dislike roundabouts and are nervous when approaching a roundabout that cause the accidents, people who are overconfident often cause accidents too.

There are several types of accidents which happen on roundabouts.  Here are a few examples:

• You are waiting to get onto the roundabout and are queuing in traffic on the approach when a vehicle fails to heed the presence of your vehicle and slow down in time and goes into the rear of your vehicle
• You are proceeding round the roundabout when someone pulls out onto the lane in front of you mistakenly thinking they have enough time to do so and collides with your vehicle
• You are proceeding round the roundabout when someone realises they are in the wrong lane, and without noticing that you are in the lane, they want to be in changes lane and collides into your vehicle

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Whiplash Compensation Advice Guide

Whiplash is one of the most common types of injury we come across here at The Injury Lawyers.  This is because the most common type of accident claim is a road traffic accident claim. 

At the end of the day there are millions of cars on our roads, and humans make mistakes – meaning accidents happen.  If you are unfamiliar with whiplash or want a bit more information about whiplash, I have prepared this short guide for you.

What is whiplash?
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Injury Lawyers Advice: Whiplash Symptoms

Whiplash is one of the most common injuries that unfortunately, people obtain as a result of being involved in a road traffic accident. Most people that have been involved in a road traffic accident do not actually realise that they have whiplash.

Often the shock of being involved in a collision diverts people’s attention from their injuries. Most people think that they feel fine and the pain will go away, but if you are not medically trained, how can you tell if you have a whiplash injury? Here at The Injury Lawyers we are expert whiplash solicitors – so we know everything to do with whiplash.

Following a road traffic accident, the symptoms of whiplash often take a while to develop; it can take up to 6 – 12 hours for them to surface, and sometimes even longer. The pain and stiffness associated with whiplash if often a lot worse the day after the accident and still may continue to worsen for several days later. If you have been involved in a road traffic accident, I am sure that you know all too well about what the pain and suffering is like.
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Road Traffic Accident – Whiplash Compensation Calculator

If you have been injured in a road traffic accident that was not your fault, you are entitled to get the maximum amount of compensation that you deserve. But how much compensation can you expect to receive for your whiplash injury?

Although the amount of compensation varies from person to person, here at The Injury Lawyers we are experts in the field of whiplash compensation claims – so here is a quick guide to help determine the amount of whiplash compensation you may receive.

Obviously we here at The Injury Lawyers work harder to get you the maximum amount of compensation that you deserve. We can prove that with our high levels of service.
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Whiplash Claims – Fast Compensation

A fair few people don’t make whiplash claims because they can’t be bothered with the ‘hassle’ or have been offered some money directly by an insurer and don’t think that getting an expert injury lawyer on board is worth it if when they may only get a couple of hundred pounds more compensation.  I would say this is the wrong way to approach things, and here’s why:

A new whiplash claiming system was introduced in April 2010 which drastically cut down the amount of time whiplash claiming takes.  Under the old system you had to get all your details together, produce a Letter of Claim which outlined these details and then send this to the Defendant who had a period of 21 days to acknowledge it and then a further 3 months from when they acknowledged the Letter of Claim to investigate your accident and come back with either an admission or denial of liability. 

For a very straightforward accident which was clearly the Defendant’s fault, it could take nearly 4 months for them to admit liability.  I could understand why some people got a little frustrated about this.  But this has all changed!
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Whiplash Compensation Lawyers – How much?

If I was given just a penny for each time I was asked how much someone’s whiplash claim was worth, I would be a very rich man!  (Well, almost!).  It is one of the most common, if not the most common, questions we get asked at The Injury Lawyers.

In the vast majority of whiplash claims we deal with, the innocent victim has been involved in a straightforward accident; say someone has driven into the back of their car, or hit them head on or pulled out of a side road into them.

These are claims where it should be easy to get an admission from the Defendant because it was clearly their fault and you would have thought that the amount of compensation people get will be similar.  Thing is, whiplash is a funny old injury that affects people in different ways, so the amount of compensation can differ a lot.
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The Injury Lawyers Whiplash Compensation Guide

At The Injury Lawyers, we are expert injury lawyers having successfully dealt with thousands of personal injury claims over the last few years.  As such we know that whiplash is one of, if not the most, common injuries to come out of a road traffic accident.  We also realise that although people have heard of whiplash, they are not entirely sure what whiplash is and whether they are suffering from it.  Here’s a little guide:

What is whiplash?

Whiplash is a soft tissue injury that affects your head, neck, shoulder, and back area.  It is where you strain the muscles and tendons in these parts.
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Expert Whiplash Injury Claim Lawyers

Most people have heard of whiplash, but a lot of those people are not 100% sure what whiplash is.  Here’s a quick guide:

What is whiplash?

It’s a soft tissue injury to your head/neck/shoulder area.  What I mean by this is the damage caused by a strain to the muscles/tendons in those parts.
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Whiplash Compensation Amount

The question we get asked the most at The Injury Lawyers is ‘how much is my claim worth?’  At the end of the day, people are interested to know, and ultimately want to know, if making a claim is worth it. 

Well the bad news is that we cannot tell you straightaway how much your claim is worth.  No-one can.  Injury Lawyers can give you guidelines, figures, and guesses, but nothing concrete without the right medical evidence in place.  Let me explain how a claim is valued.

Essentially, the more pain and suffering you have, the more your claim is generally worth.  The more losses you have and the more valuable these losses are, the more your claim is worth.  A two month minor whiplash injury will be worth more than a 4 week minor whiplash injury in most cases.  Likewise, a 2 month moderate whiplash injury will be worth more than a 2 month minor whiplash injury.  Alternatively, someone who has lost out on a few weeks wages and required help around the house whilst they were recovering will have this added to the value of their claim as well.
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How much will I get for a Whiplash Claim?

OK – so you’ve had a road accident, and you’ve ended up with whiplash – that painful, stiff feeling, achy, sore-like injury that affects your neck, shoulders, and back in most cases. You’ve just joined the many millions before you that have suffered with the same injury, caused by the jolt to your head and neck area from an impact with another vehicle (or a harsh brake, or similar).

Given just how much whiplash is in the news, you probably didn’t even need a doctor to tell you that you’ve got it. The accident you were in was not your fault, and you now want to know what you can do when it comes to claiming compensation for one of the most under-estimated injuries I’ve personally ever heard of (and felt!); and one with a wrongfully bad air of press around it.

Well – here are the answers…
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