Passengers Entitled to Make a Whiplash Compensation Claim

As a car passenger you have no control over the driver's actions and decisions they make whilst driving the vehicle that you are travelling in. Likewise, you have no control over how other motorists drive on the roads or motorways.

In many cases, it is not necessarily the person's fault that you are travelling with who has been the cause of the accident. Many accidents are caused by human error, usually people who are driving recklessly or simply due to not paying enough attention whilst driving.

Even the most minor of incidents can result in personal injury making even the simplest of tasks quite difficult to overcome on a day-to-day basis.

The most common type of injury suffered in road accidents is whiplash. If you have sustained a whiplash injury as a passenger, you are entitled to make a whiplash compensation claim.

Contrary to the stigma that is attached to making a whiplash claim, a genuine claimant can suffer from whiplash for months or even years after the accident. However, like with any personal injury case, to make a successful whiplash compensation claim, liability will have to proved that the person responsible for you injury was negligible.

To make a successful claim you will have needed to have visited a medical establishment and have had your injury examined by a medical professional. Your solicitor will want to obtain the medical documentation to support your claim.

In some cases, the symptoms of whiplash do not occur straight away, the symptoms may arise weeks or even months after the accident. Therefore, it is likely in such cases that a solicitor will arrange for you to have a medical examination to confirm the injuries you have sustained.

It is important when you instruct a solicitor to deal with your claim that you provide them with a detailed explanation of the accident circumstances and provide them with as much evidence as you can to support your claim.

Photographs of the damages to the car you were travelling in, photographs of the accident scene and witness statements from the present at the time of the accident will help towards proving the third party was liable for your injury.

When accessing your claim for compensation, your solicitor will investigate into the compensation that you could be entitled to for the pain, suffering and effect the injury has on your every day lifestyle and how much financial losses you have suffered too.