Pages On: Car Accidents
Car accidents are all too common. They are listed among the top causes of fatalities worldwide. Driving a car isn’t in itself very dangerous, however, when other drivers fail in their duty of care to you, they are considered liable, and you become entitled to compensation. As regulations in the UK have changed in this respect, we can only really help people who have been seriously injured in a car accident.
Man jailed for causing road death
Posted: 2 March 2016
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A Southport man has been jailed for two years and banned from driving for two years for causing the death of Lancashire man, Andrew Birch, in January of last year. Mr Birch, 46, from Scarisbrick was the passenger in a Peugeot Horizon being driven by his 80-year-old mother. 58-year-old Kenneth Grisedale admitted causing the death of Mr Birch, and the serious injury of two other people, by driving dangerously in his BMW. “a clear message to anyone who carries out dangerous manoeuvres” Liverpool Crown Court heard that Grisedale dangerously overtook…
Read MoreCar Accident Claims in Leeds – Compensation Lawyers
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
Did you recently find yourself involved in a car accident? Did you ever wonder whether you could claim compensation? If you have been injured as a result of a car accident that was not your fault, contact us now and see if we can help you secure compensation. In line with FCA Regulations, you are entitled – if you fulfil the necessary criteria – to make a claim for injury arising from a motor accident in Leeds to the Claims Portal. You do not need to instruct a solicitor and…
Read MoreMotorist being sued for £2m
Posted: 17 November 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents
A business executive is suing a motorist from Norfolk for £2m over crash injuries that he claims ruined his career. 44-year-old Peter Siegel says that the car accident he was involved in in 2009 left him with a brain injury that severely affected his ability to work. The accident happened in November 2009 when another car collided with his at 30mph, causing his car to be written off. Mr Siegel said that the crash left him with “cognitive, physical and behavioural deficits” caused by the “severe, subtle and permanent closed…
Read MoreLawyers challenge whiplash ‘propaganda’
Posted: 26 April 2013
Posted in: Car Accidents, Whiplash Injuries
Lawyers have welcomed a cross-party inquiry into whiplash claims, as news emerged that whiplash claims have fallen again in the last year. “The Transport Committee inquiry finally presents a real chance to challenge hackneyed and groundless propaganda about whiplash-related injuries which has been promulgated by the insurance industry for far too long,” said Matthew Stockwell, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). “And it comes as a Freedom of Information request shows that whiplash claims in Britain fell again last year by nearly 60,000, bringing them to around…
Read MoreImproving young driver safety
Posted: 26 March 2013
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Whiplash Injuries
The Government has unveiled new proposals on improving the safety and reducing risks to young drivers at a summit for the motor insurance industry, hosted by the Department for Transport. A green paper looking at a range of options for improving the safety of newly-qualified drivers will be published later in the spring. The proposals being considered include: a minimum learning period before candidates are permitted to sit their test,enabling learner drivers to take lessons on motorways, and perhaps during adverse weather conditions or during darkness to encourage greater practice…
Read MoreGovernment cuts road safety spending
Posted: 5 February 2013
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
The government has cut spending on road safety campaigns from £19 million in 2008/09 to just £4 million in 2011/12 – a cut of nearly 80%. The figure was revealed after a freedom of information enquiry by road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The Department for Transport is planning on spending £3.57 million on road safety in the 2012/13 financial year, which will see: £53,000 spent on cyclist safety£78,000 on child and teenager road safety£50,000 on research into young drivers£1.275 million on motorcycle campaigns; and£1.689 million on…
Read MorePublic back new young driver proposals
Posted: 20 November 2012
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
New research by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed that the majority of those surveyed support radical new proposals to help stop young people dying or being seriously injured on our roads. According to the survey: 76% agreed that there should be restrictions on young drivers after passing their driving test71% supported restricting the number of young passengers that newly qualified young drivers are allowed to carry.57% agreed with a minimum 12-month learning period before taking the driving test to enable young drivers to gain more supervised practice.60%…
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