Some of the most common types of cycle accident compensation claims for personal injury involve the following situations :-
- collisions with other vehicles
- falls when trying to avoid a collision with another vehicle
- falls as a result of defective road surfaces
- potholes in the road surface
- protrusions from the road surface
- badly carried out road repairs
- spills and debris on the road
On average there are two cyclists killed in road traffic accidents every week and more than 10,000 cyclists are injured every year in reported road accidents including more than 2,000 who suffer serious injury. It is estimated that more than two thirds of casualties are not reported, especially if the victim is a child. Approximately a quarter of fatalities, and a third of those injured are children and injuries peak at 16 years old. Most bicycle accidents occur in urban areas and the majority happen at a road junction, with T junctions and roundabouts being the most dangerous. Four out of five casualties are male. The most dangerous hours are 3.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. and 8.00 a.m. to 9.00 a.m. on weekdays with most casualties occurring in the Spring and Summer months and the least occurring in the Autumn and Winter months. The most common situations that result in injuries are as follows:
- rider and motorist going straight ahead at a junction
- rider turning right across a road
- motorist turning or emerging into path of the rider
- riding into the path of a motor vehicle particularly when riding off a pavement
- rider overtaking and being hit from behind
Our solicitors are all members of the Solicitors Regulation Authority panel of personal injury experts and deal with cycle accident compensation claims using the no win no fee scheme. Motor accident compensation is paid in full and you do not have to fund the claim. Win or lose there is no charge for the work we carry out on our accident compensation claims. If you would like free advice from specialist personal injury solicitors on cycle accident compensation claims just use the helpline to speak to a qualified solicitor with no further obligation.
CHILDREN : ROAD SAFETY FACTS
A person dies in a vehicle crash every two hours in the United Kingdom and car accidents are the leading cause of death for those under 35 years of age. Almost 3,000 UK residents die in vehicle accidents every year usually because of driver negligence resulting in thousands of accident claim settlements involving fatalities. The majority of accidents are caused by irresponsible driving behavior :-
- motor vehicle accidents are the greatest public health problem facing children
- injury caused in a road traffic accident is the leading cause of death among children at every age after their first birthday
- over 200 child passengers aged under 15 die in motor vehicle accidents and almost 50,000 sustain serious injuries requiring treatment in an accident & emergency department every year
- in real terms this means that 3 children die in an horrific car crash every week and in that same time about 1,000 other children will have suffered injury requiring treatment at the accident and emergency department of a local hospital with some of those children suffering serious and permanently disabling injuries most of which are preventable or avoidable
- more than 10% of all deaths among children under 15 years involve a drinking driver and two thirds of these fatally injured children were riding with the drinking driver
- many children who ride in child safety seats are not properly secured and less than 50% of children in safety seats are correctly harnessed into safety seats that were correctly installed
- child safety seats reduce the risk of death by almost 70% for children under 1 year old and by about 55% for children under 5 years old
- airbags can cause serious injuries and fatalities particularly if a child is very close to an airbag as it begins to inflate