Road Traffic Accidents

A road worker from Tyneside who was knocked down by a driver who was over the limit has won £1.1 million in compensation for his injuries. William Kane, 55, had been sent by his employer to work on a highways contract for the Irish Government. He had...

A cyclist hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing has won compensation for his injuries. The unnamed 35-year-old was using a pedestrian crossing while the green man signal was showing. A car travelling towards the crossing failed to stop at the red light and...

A pensioner whose car struck a mattress as he drove down a motorway has been awarded £3,770 in damages. Thomas McKenna, 71, was driving along the motorway between Edinburgh and Glasgow when the mattress fell off another vehicle onto the road in front...

A bus driver who was fortunate to survive after his vehicle was involved in a head-on collision has been awarded £250,000 in damages. James Morton, 60, was driving his bus down a tree-lined country road when the accident happened. An oncoming Mercedes...

A new scheme is to be introduced that is intended to reduce the time it takes to settle personal injury claims for between £1,000 and £10,000 brought by victims of road traffic accidents in England and Wales. The new process will set fixed time...

A teenager who had to have partial amputations of two of his fingers after he was involved in a car accident has been awarded compensation for his injuries. The 18 year old was a passenger in a car which hit an embankment and flipped over. He suffered a...

The family of a teacher who was killed as he cycled home from work has received £580,000 in compensation. David Kerslake, 44, cycled to and from the Sharples School in Bolton, where he worked as the Head of Science, every day. He was on his way home...

A 58-year-old cyclist who was knocked down by a car has been awarded compensation after he was left so psychologically traumatised that it was eight months before he felt able to ride a bicycle again. The accident happened on a narrow bridge. The cyclist...

A young woman whose life was ruined after she was injured in a hit-and-run accident has won a settlement worth over £1 million. Katrina Connolly was 20 years old when the accident happened. She was crossing the road when she was hit by a Daimler car...

A man who was on a life-support machine for five days after being seriously injured in a car crash has won his battle for compensation. Michael Hankins, 27, was given a lift home from work by a colleague who crashed his car at a disused railway bridge. All...

Two cyclists who were hit by cars whilst negotiating roundabouts have been awarded compensation for their injuries. In the first case, David Collins was thrown from his bicycle when it was hit from behind by a car. The driver had failed to spot the...

A driving examiner who was hurt during what he described as his ‘worst test in 12 years’ has won the right to compensation for his whiplash injuries. Andrew Carmichael, 35, was examining Lisa Connolly, who was taking the test for the first time....

A woman who was involved in a car accident has had her damages award quadrupled after her case was taken up by solicitors. The woman, 38, was driving a company van at the time of the accident. A motorist travelling in the opposite direction lost control of...

A man who was involved in a road traffic accident issued court proceedings after the insurers of the driver responsible failed to come up with a reasonable offer of compensation. The accident happened when a car pulled out in front of the vehicle Edward...

A property tycoon who suffered brain damage after being knocked down on a zebra crossing has been awarded a £2.75 million payout. Pamela Green, 74, was crossing the road near her house whilst out walking her Standard Poodle when she was hit by a...

A man who lost his arm in a road accident has been awarded £500,000 in compensation. Musavir Aqib Mubarak, 25, was injured when the car in which he was a passenger crashed into a wall. His arm was severed in the accident and surgeons were unable to...

A trainee teacher whose pelvis was fractured when he was crushed by a reversing school mini-bus has been awarded £365,000 in compensation for his injuries. John Lewis, 32, was standing in front of his own vehicle in Finsbury Park when the mini-bus...

A motorist who was seriously injured in a head-on collision has been awarded £90,000 in compensation. Chris Chambers, 34, who worked as a police administrator, was driving on Christmas Eve 1999 when a car travelling in the opposite direction crossed...

A cyclist has been awarded undisclosed damages for injuries he sustained in a road traffic accident. Julian Richards, a British triathlete, was approaching a junction when a car pulled out in front of him without warning. He hit the car and was thrown...

A paramedic has won over £60,000 in compensation after a van crashed into his ambulance. David Fenwick, 55, was in the passenger seat of the ambulance when a van driver sped through a red light and crashed into the vehicle. Although he was wearing...

A man who was knocked off his bicycle by a 40-tonne road sweeper has been awarded more than £200,000 in compensation for his injuries. Dr Glyn Powell, 58, was cycling home from work when the accident happened. The road sweeper’s wing mirror hit...

The family of a baby who sustained horrific injuries in a car crash has been awarded £800,000 in compensation. Cerys Edwards, who was just 11 months old, was injured in a crash caused by Antonio Singh Boparan. Mr Boparan was attempting to overtake...

A fireman whose career was ended after he was injured by a hit-and-run motorist has been awarded £280,000 in compensation.   The accident happened when the fire fighter was cycling home from work, wearing his cycle helmet and fluorescent jacket...

A man who was knocked down by a car driven by an underage driver has been awarded £8,000 in compensation for the injuries he suffered. Peter Ives, 60, was walking his dog near his house when a car mounted the pavement and hit him. It then crashed...

A former RAF sergeant whose personality changed after he suffered head injuries in a road-traffic accident has been awarded £1.7 million in compensation.   The accident was caused by a drunk driver who attempted a handbrake turn at 55...

A Liverpool woman has been awarded £3,500 for a whiplash injury sustained when her taxi was 'bumped'  by another car.   Caroline Spencer was a passenger in the taxi when it was struck from behind as it was about make a right turn. The taxi...

A former self-employed lobster fisherman has been awarded £45,500 in damages after he was injured in a road accident. The accident happened in November 2003 when Donald Bremner, 42, was stationary at a road junction and his car was hit from behind....

The family of a motorcyclist who died as a result of an accident caused by diesel spilt on the road has won £110,000 in compensation from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB), an organisation set up for the purpose of compensating the victims of...

A new insurance industry report reveals that the number of personal injury claims made to motor insurers continues to rise, in spite of fewer injuries and deaths on the roads. The report, commissioned by the Association of British Insurers and the...

A woman who was knocked down in April 2002 by a drunk driver has been awarded £6.5m in compensation for her injuries. Nikki Buckley, 22, was walking near her home in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, when a car mounted the pavement and struck her. She...

Four cyclists have recently been awarded compensation for injuries they suffered in accidents caused by negligent motorists. Scott Belshaw was training with other members of his cycling club when a car tried to overtake them. The driver had failed to...

A former prison officer who was involved in a road accident has been awarded £213,409 in compensation. Graham Henderson was riding a motorbike with his wife as a pillion passenger when a van turned across his path. Both Mr Henderson and his wife were...

The victim of a joyrider is set to receive a substantial sum in compensation following a ruling in the High Court. Gary Dawes, 44, was hit by a stolen Vauxhall Cavalier being driven by Craig Aldis, who was 19 at the time of the accident. Mr Aldis had been...

A cycling club member has won compensation for being knocked off his bicycle by a car. Quentin Storey was crossing a roundabout in Dorset when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle cut across his path, causing the accident. Mr Storey suffered a number of very...

A recent Court of Appeal decision dealing with appeals against sentences by six drivers found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving has provided assistance in ascertaining the length of sentence that is likely to be imposed in such cases. In...

A landmark House of Lords ruling means that an East Yorkshire man will receive over £2m in compensation after a car accident left him paralysed. Michael Gawler was involved in a serious car accident in 2004. He was travelling in the front passenger...

A former British Army soldier has secured a £4.16m settlement for injuries he suffered in a Land Rover crash whilst serving with his Regiment. Alan Ashton, 34, was a Lance Corporal in the Parachute Regiment when the accident occurred in August 2001....

A cyclist who was involved in an accident on a roundabout has won his fight for compensation.   Nick Smith was on the roundabout in Peterborough when he was struck from behind by a car. Mr Smith was knocked off his bike and suffered a...

A former flight attendant has won £350,000 in compensation for injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident.   The Kent man had been riding his motorcycle in Putney when a car turned in front of him. He was knocked off his bike and...

A man knocked off his motorbike by a car has won substantial compensation for his injuries. Gareth Llewellyn, 49, a Research Officer, was struck by the car in Swansea in 2003. The accident caused him multiple spinal injuries for which he required complex...

A former Labour Party employee has been awarded £25,000 in compensation for injuries he received in a scooter accident caused by a poorly fitted drain cover.   In February 2005 Bob Dixon was travelling home from work on his scooter when he hit...

Compensation has been awarded in two separate cases concerning members of cycling clubs. One cyclist was killed and the other injured.   Rod Robinson was killed after being involved in an accident with a car, whilst cycling with his club in August...

Councils around the UK are paying out millions of pounds in compensation for injuries caused by potholes in roads. Figures recently released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that 20 councils have paid out £1 million in compensation over two...

A woman who won compensation after injuring her ankle on a manhole cover has had the decision confirmed by the High Court.   The accident occurred when Annette Atkins was walking down a street in Acton, London. She stepped on a manhole cover which...

Two drivers have won compensation for whiplash injuries sustained in separate accidents. Both drivers were stationary when the collisions occurred and both their vehicles were hit from behind. Each driver has received an undisclosed sum in compensation. ...

A pedestrian who was struck by a motorist at a pedestrian crossing has won £4,000 in compensation. James Broom was 19 when, in 2004, he was using a zebra crossing in Cullompton, Devon. The driver of a vehicle approaching the crossing failed to give...

A three-year-old girl, who was injured before she was born as a result of her mother being involved in a car accident, has been awarded £1.95 million in compensation. It was claimed that Emily Ballard was born prematurely as a result of the accident....

A man injured in a road rage incident has received £500 in compensation. Ugene Haughey, 73, accidentally bumped into someone else’s car while parking. After checking the other car and finding no damage, he left to run an errand. When he returned,...

A cyclist from Huddersfield has won £6,000 in compensation after being thrown from his bicycle when it hit a pothole. The fall left Jason Bottomley, from Holmfirth, with numerous injuries. Kirklees Council, whose duty it was to inspect and maintain the...

Giles Harding, a British man who became tetraplegic as a result of a car accident in Australia, is expected to receive around £5.5 million after a landmark decision of the House of Lords. Mr Harding brought the case against his ex-girlfriend after she...