Car accident whiplash claims
Year on year our roads become safer places, thanks to a variety of factors. The manufacture of vehicles is increasingly based around the idea of safety, with such features as crumple zones, airbags, traction control and stability control coming as standard. Allied to this is an increasing focus on road safety in driving lessons and tests, and a greater understanding of the role that road signs and markings play in modifying drivers’ behaviour. None of this, however, can ever totally stop the roads being a dangerous place. Accidents happen, there’s no avoiding that, but the question is how you respond to these accidents.
If you’re involved in a road traffic accident for which you were to blame, through careless driving, recklessness or merely a moment’s negligence, then the only action you can really take is to try to recover as best you can, and to apply any lessons you learn when driving in the future. If, on the other hand, the accident in question was caused by somebody else, then you may well be in a position to seek compensation. After all, a car accident is a traumatic and damaging incident, both physically and psychologically, and we feel it’s deeply unfair that people should be left to deal with all of the attendant stress on their own. That’s why, at claims4negligence.co.uk we spend so much time and effort building claims for people who’ve been injured through no fault of their own. The injuries caused by a road traffic accident can vary widely, from the trivial to the deeply serious, from cuts and bruises to severe disfigurement, amputation or even paralysis. One of the most common injuries, however, is whiplash, and it is also one of the most deeply misunderstood. Few people realise just how serious whiplash from a car accident can be until they experience it themselves.
Whiplash occurs when the head is snapped back and forth suddenly and violently, a movement which takes place when two cars impact into one another, or when one car has to brake suddenly. A road traffic accident which seems fairly ‘minor’, one taking place at a low speed, for example, can still result in whiplash, and can therefore still impact hugely upon a person’s life. The initial symptoms of whiplash may not become apparent in the immediate aftermath of an accident, often taking hours and sometimes even days to make themselves felt, and this underlines the importance of seeking medical attention at the earliest possible opportunity. The symptoms of whiplash are caused by damage to the soft tissue in the neck and shoulders and include pain in the neck, back and arms, headaches, blurred vision and hearing problems. With time, these symptoms may clear up, but there’s also a chance, depending upon the severity of the damage, that they could worsen, leading to difficulty concentrating and sleeping, coupled with fatigue and depression. Clearly, no amount of compensation is going to totally counter such negative effects, but it will, initially, cover expenses arising from the car accident whiplash, such as medical bills, prescription charges and loss of earnings, as well as providing an amount of money based on the type and severity of the injury.
If you’ve suffered whiplash as the result of a car accident which wasn’t your fault then call us FREE on 0808 231 5942 and we’ll take your details and tell you if you have the basis for a claim. If you do, we’ll fight that claim on a no win no fee basis, because we believe that people suffering through no fault of their own deserve to be compensated and, what’s more, they deserve to keep every penny of that compensation.
