{"id":17787,"date":"2015-04-15T17:28:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T16:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=17787"},"modified":"2016-01-25T11:01:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T11:01:58","slug":"hit-in-the-back-at-a-roundabout-you-may-have-an-almost-guaranteed-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2015\/04\/15\/hit-in-the-back-at-a-roundabout-you-may-have-an-almost-guaranteed-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit in the back at a roundabout? You may have an almost &#8216;guaranteed&#8217; claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rear end crashes are one of the most common scenarios for <a href=\"\/road-traffic-accident-claims\">car accident injury claims<\/a>. People fail to stop in time and they hit someone in the back &#8211; it&#8217;s easily done.<\/p>\n<p>A hot spot for rear end shunt incidents is at the entry to roundabouts where traffic can suddenly slow and where speeds of traffic can vary significantly depending on volumes of cars on the roundabout and the directions they&#8217;re coming from. If you are hit at the foot of a roundabout then you have an almost guaranteed claim if you have been injured.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h3\">Hit in the back? No brainer&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably worked out yourself that you are clearly not at fault. Where you&#8217;re stationary and waiting patiently to join when someone has thumped you in the back, or where traffic has slowed and the guy behind you hasn&#8217;t been paying enough attention, you are likely the blameless victim. Unless you staged the accident or slammed your brakes on for no good reason (as examples), how on earth can you be held at fault?<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"h3\">Knowing you have a claim is easy &#8211; but choosing your lawyer can be hard<\/h3>\n<p>So now you know that you have a practically <a href=\"\/personal-injury-claims\">guaranteed claim for personal injury compensation<\/a> where you are injured, all you need to do is find a good lawyer to represent you. You may think that lawyers would be fighting over your case but the legal fee system for road accidents is very small, so what we think you should be doing is finding a lawyer who will offer you the best deal in terms of settlement and experience.<\/p>\n<p>As our name suggests, we are <strong><em>The Injury Lawyers<\/em><\/strong> and we only represent victims for <a href=\"\/100-percent-compensation-4u\">compensation claims<\/a> which makes us experts in our field. We are a real law firm as well. Many companies you come across are not real law firms and are simply claims management companies and referral agencies and they can end up not only costing you more money but they can end up choosing your lawyer for you.<\/p>\n<p>We say you should always choose your own lawyer.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"h3\">Here&#8217;s the way we work &#8211; which we think is the <em>best<\/em> way<\/h4>\n<p>Our agreement with you, and our ways of working, make the claiming process for a road accident claim hassle free! We do all the leg work and you have to barely lift a finger as you can let us do everything for you. Here&#8217;s the gist of how we work&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No win, no fee with no upfront costs or outlay for you at all<\/li>\n<li>Funding arrangements and expert lawyers who guarantee you the best payout possible<\/li>\n<li>Private medical treatment funded and recovered from the opponent<\/li>\n<li>Access to your claim online and office opening hours until 10pm most weeknights and 9am-5pm on weekends<\/li>\n<li>Our &#8216;one call&#8217; claim set up &#8211; where we can take your instructions and submit your claim from one simply phone call. No huge forms to fill in (hooray!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to know more? Just call 0800 634 7575 and we could have your claim submitted to the insurers and your private medical care set up in the next hour!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rear end crashes are one of the most common scenarios for car accident injury claims. People fail to stop in time and they hit someone in the back &#8211; it&#8217;s easily done. 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