PERSONAL INJURY CAR ACCIDENT

Accident 999 is a network of personal injury solicitors who have detailed experience in dealing with car accident claims. Our team provides legal advice on car accidents, motorcycle accidents and bicycle accidents at no cost and works on a completely risk free no win no fee basis. You do not have to fund or finance your claim in any respect and you do not have to pay for any expenses as the claim proceeds. Compensation is paid in full with no deductions and win or lose there is no charge. If you submit your details an experienced advocate who is a member of The Law Society Panel of personal injury experts will respond and give free advice without obligation on what steps you should take to claim compensation.

The United Kingdom Department Of Transport statistics published annually record over 200,000 injuries each year as a result of accidents on the road including more than 3,000 fatalities and over 40,000 serious injuries.

Over 20,000 pedestrians are killed or injured every year in the UK with school children and the elderly being the most vulnerable. Over 3,000 children are killed or seriously injured every year as pedestrians with excessive speed causing over 1,000 of the serious accidents involving child pedestrians. Road accidents are the biggest single cause of accidental death amongst children and young people.

Almost 25,000 people receive medical treatment for injuries received in motorcycle accidents and 10 people are killed riding motor bikes and over 100 people suffer serious injuries every week. The majority of these accidents are caused by another persons negligence and will give rise to a motor accident compensation claim. Negligence of third parties is not just restricted to the drivers of other vehicles and may include:

• Collisions with other vehicles;
• Falls trying to avoid collisions;
• Defective road surfaces.
• Inadequate road repairs.
• Substances illegally on the road.

There are 1.6 million workplace injuries in the UK every year and a further 2.2 million cases of ill health caused by or made worse by work.

Slips and trips are the highest cause of personal injury accident claims and account for over 40% of major injuries to employees and over 50% of all injuries to members of the public.

In excess of 25 million working days are lost every year due to workplace accidents and injuries.

Failure to adhere to Health and Safety procedures costs Britain’s employers about £6.5 billion every year, and in addition the maximum penalties for breaching health and safety legislation are unlimited fines and up to two years in prison

There are over 350 workplace fatalities ever year in the United Kingdom and firms employing fewer than 50 employees are over twice as likely to be involved in fatal or major injuries as firms employing more than 1000 people.

Over half of all fatal injuries occurred in construction, transport, storage, agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Fatalities are most often caused by falls from height; being struck by a moving vehicle; and being struck by moving or falling objects.

There are over 500,000 cases of stress-related illness representing 20% of reported cases of occupational ill health every year.

Work related driving is a major cause of reportable accidents and drivers who cover more than 25,000 miles each year are at the same risk of being killed as a coal miner.

Over a million people suffer from musculoskeletal disorders including back pain and RSI caused by working conditions which results in the loss of about 10 million working days each year.

There are over 50,000 cases of occupational dermatitis every year and over 6,000 workplace burn injuries every year.

Over a million workers are exposed to dangerous noise levels which may cause damage to hearing.

There are at least 1,000 new cases of occupational asthma each year, with an estimated total of 400,000 people suffering from this illness. About 2,000 cases of accidents involving chemicals at work are reported every year.

To give some indication of road accident casualties in the UK, last year there were 3409 fatalities, 38155 serious injuries and 278719 minor injuries. Fatalities by road user type are as follows: