Road Traffic Accident

There are many different circumstances in which you could be involved in a road traffic accident. Collision with a vehicle, as a pedestrian, as a passenger or as a driver of a vehicle.

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Different Kinds of Road Traffic Accidents

There are many different kinds of road accident. All are different in some way but they tend to fall into one of the categories below:-

Hit from behind
Hit at crossroads
Head on collision
Hit by vehicle whilst overtaking
Collision at roundabout
Another vehicle comes out of a side road

Accidents Causes

Failing to keep a proper lookout when driving
Unsafe Overtaking
Turning when unsafe
Failing to use mirrors before turning right or left

The Highway Code

The Highway Code can be used as a guide to tel you how you should behave when driving. If you breach the Highway Code then you could be responsible/or at least partly responsible.

Contributory Negligence

Courts and insurers look at liability for accidents in percentage terms. If you are totally to blame then you are 100% to blame. However if you are only half to blame then you are 50% to blame. Being partly to blame is called “contributory negligent”. If your injury is worth £10,000 and you are to blame 50% (or 50% contributory negligent) then you will only be awarded half of the damages. If you fail to wear a seat belt (if fitted) in a road traffic accident and you are injured then you can lose up to 25% of your damages, but only in the event of those injuries not occurring if you had been wearing your seat belt.

If you or someone you know are in this situation, let Injuries Direct help you claim Compensation for your personal Injury. Call now on 0800 2800 979.

The most common form of injury in a motoring and road traffic accident is Whiplash Injury.

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