A driver reversed into my car and I was injured – Will I be able to claim? This is a question we are asked by enquirers on a regular basis. It appears to be a commonly-held belief that if another driver reverses into the vehicle that you are travelling in, Read more…
A recent investigation by the BBC’s Panorama programme has revealed that at least 38 people have been killed on the UK’s smart motorway network since 2015. What are Smart Motorways? A smart motorway is a section of road that uses active traffic management techniques to increase capacity and ease congestion Read more…
If you are unfortunate enough to be involved in a road traffic accident in a foreign country, you need to keep in mind that the time period applicable to claim may differ depending on the country you accident is in. Personal injury claims must be brought within what is known Read more…
According to the Department for Transport, there were a total of 140,086 road traffic accidents involving personal injury reported to the police in 2015. Of those accidents, 1,618 resulted in at least one fatality. There are many reasons behind these accidents but what are the most common causes? Driving under Read more…
This week Eleanor Buckley has settled a claim for a young lady who was involved in a Road Traffic Accident causing pain to her neck and back. She was a passenger sitting in the rear of her colleague’s vehicle when it was struck from behind with some serious force. The driver of Read more…
Last week I settled a case for a lady who had been involved in a road traffic accident. It was an unusual case as the car that she was travelling in drove into collision with a tree that had fallen into the road. The tree had been rooted in a Read more…