{"id":9571,"date":"2012-03-23T10:43:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T09:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=9571"},"modified":"2017-08-15T15:43:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T14:43:50","slug":"passenger-compensation-claims-lawyers-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2012\/03\/23\/passenger-compensation-claims-lawyers-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger compensation claims &#8211; Injury Lawyers advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If someone asked me what I considered to be a &#8216;dead cert&#8217; for a <a href=\"\/100-percent-compensation-4u\" target=\"_blank\">claim for compensation<\/a>, I would say a passenger claiming compensation for injuries they received whilst involved in a <a href=\"\/road-traffic-accident-claims\" target=\"_blank\">road traffic accident<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>A passenger would have to do something highly unusual, possibly extreme, to be considered to be at fault for causing an accident on the road.\u00a0 Under current law, you can be compensated for any injuries you have got through no fault of your own, which is why passenger accident claims are often the most straightforward.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIt does not matter whether the passenger was in the vehicle whose driver was at fault for the accident, so long as the passenger themselves cannot be considered responsible for the accident.\u00a0 Where the accident was not your fault, you can get compensation for your injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few examples of accidents passengers can be compensated:<\/p>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<ul>\n<li>You are on a bus which has been involved with a collision with another driver<\/li>\n<li>You are on a bus which has braked too suddenly and caused you to go hurtling down the aisle<\/li>\n<li>You are in a car which someone has driven into the back of<\/li>\n<li>You are in a car which has had a head-on collision with another vehicle<\/li>\n<li>You are in a car which has gone too fast round a corner and gone off road and flipped over<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>As you can see from the above, it&#8217;s unlikely that these accidents were the passengers&#8217; fault and there is no reason that they should not be entitled to compensation for any injuries they have picked up.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key worries that some people who have passenger accident claims have is that they don&#8217;t like the thought of suing a driver who they know, as it may be a friend or family member.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>What you should know is that if you make a claim you will be <strong>getting compensation from their insurance company<\/strong> not them and that they have insurance for exactly this reason, to make sure they can compensate innocent victims who have been injured and so that they can get their vehicle and other people&#8217;s vehicles fixed.<\/p>\n<p>Making a passenger compensation claim is straightforward, especially with <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Injury Lawyers<\/a> on your side. Nowadays with a new and improved system you should receive an admission of liability within just a couple of weeks of submitting your claim and your claim could be done and dusted in just a couple of months.<\/p>\n<p>You can call us today for free on <strong><a href=\"tel:08006347575\">0800 634 75 75<\/a><\/strong> for a no obligations chat to see if we can help you get the maximum compensation you deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If someone asked me what I considered to be a &#8216;dead cert&#8217; for a claim for compensation, I would say a passenger claiming compensation for injuries they received whilst involved in a road traffic accident.\u00a0 A passenger would have to do something highly unusual, possibly extreme, to be considered to be at fault for causing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2012\/03\/23\/passenger-compensation-claims-lawyers-advice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Passenger compensation claims &#8211; 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