Many vulnerable people who have been injured will now find it impossible to obtain independent legal representation as lawyer’s fees are to be cut for road traffic accidents. Any claim worth less than £5,000 is to be classed as a small claim. The Government has decided to drastically cut lawyer’s fees in helping people in… Read More
According to survey by Gocompare.com, half of the UK’s motorist would welcome a zero tolerance on drink driving alcohol limit for young drivers to reduce road traffic accidents. The survey also reveals that UK drivers would welcome engine size restrictions and mandatory telematics car insurance to try and cut road traffic accidents caused by young… Read More
Aviva, the UK’s largest insurer has said that motorists’ premiums could be cut by an average of £60 per year by changing the whiplash claims system. They want to see a new system that would force whiplash injury victims to put their claims directly to the guilty party’s insurer. Aviva is suggesting that this will… Read More
A pedestrian injured in a road accident has had his career in the army ruined. Cpl Stuart Forsyth was hit by a falling traffic light after metal from a lorry became loose and sliced through the traffic light like a guillotine. The traffic light then toppled onto Cpl Forsyth as he jogged passed and he… Read More
Robert Bright was a successful business man on the way to a friend’s wedding in 2008 when a car hit his vehicle from behind when he was stationary in queuing traffic causing whiplash injury. At the time of the accident, Mr Bright exchanged insurance details with the driver of the other vehicle and continued on… Read More
A dentist who killed a dog walker and his dog when she was texting whilst driving is facing a possible prison sentence. Kay Nolan, 45, had pulled over into a layby to compose her text message on her mobile phone, but only hit the send button once she had set off again. As she did,… Read More
IOSH has reiterated its calls for work related road traffic accidents to be reported by employers. The institution, which is the chartered body for health and safety professionals, was prompted to speak out on account of the hundreds of people who are still dying on our roads while at work. They want the government to… Read More
The Young Farmers’ Club says that more needs to be done to prevent young people, particularly male drivers, from dying in fatal car accidents on the UK’s rural roads. Fatal car accidents are the biggest cause of accidental death for young people, aged between 15 and 24. Statistics show that most fatal car accidents involve… Read More
A teenager who was left paralysed after a car accident which killed her mother has been awarded £23million in compensation. Agnes Collier was involved in a road traffic accident on the A436 on Gloucestershire in March 2009, which has left her unable to walk and with limited use of her arms. The driver how caused… Read More
It is Road Safety week this week, and there are calls for changes to the ways young people learning to drive. Last year 2,700 15-24 year olds were killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents – that equates to 7 people per day*. In a bid to make the roads safer, the Association of… Read More
