A specialist personal injury lawyer will maximise your damages claim. For free advice on pedestrian accident compensation claims just call our helpline and a member of the Solicitors Regulation Authority panel of personal injury experts will advise you on road traffic accident law without obligation to ensure that you preserve your legal rights and receive full compensation. If you subsequently instruct us to act on your behalf, your pedestrian accident compensation claim will be dealt with using the no win no fee scheme which means that if you don't win compensation then your personal injury solicitor won't get paid. Compensation is paid in full with no deductions. Win or lose there is no charge.
Almost 1,000 pedestrians are killed in the UK every year in vehicle accidents and over 10,000 pedestrians suffer injuries requiring medical treatment when in collision with motor vehicles. The very nature of the circumstances of a pedestrian accident usually suggests that the car driver will ultimately be held responsible and a personal injury solicitor can often make a legal claim for a personal injury settlement. Pedestrians also suffer many other non vehicle related injuries often caused by poor property maintenance, pavement neglect, car park defects and construction or other debris on pathways and pedestrian accident compensation claims can be made if it can be established that a third party was negligent and responsible for the cause of any injury :-
- pedestrian fatalities account for more 10% of all motor vehicle related deaths.
- more than 20% of pedestrians who are killed by a motor vehicle were legally intoxicated and in about 50% of fatalities either the driver or the pedestrian had a measurable blood alcohol level.
- children under the age of 15 years and younger represent a disproportionately high level of fatal and non fatal injury - 25% of the children between the ages of 5 and 9 years old who were killed in car crashes were pedestrians
- elderly adults of 70 years and older comprise less than 10% of the population but account for almost 20% of all pedestrian fatalities - the death rate for this group is the highest of any age group
- pedestrian fatality rate for males was more than twice that for females. Non-fatal injury rates for male pedestrians were 50% higher than for females
- about 70% of pedestrian deaths occur in urban areas however fatality rates are higher in rural areas for almost all age groups. These higher fatality rates may be due to higher driving speeds and less immediate access to emergency medical care in rural areas
If you choose one of our solicitors to act on your behalf in a pedestrian accident compensation claim, they will provide committed and vigorous representation and will ensure that you receive justice by zealously representing your legal position above all else. You can rely on our specialist advocates to take care of your accident compensation claim in a comprehensive, helpful, sympathetic and professional manner. Our personal injury solicitors will respect your confidentiality at all times and will explain legal issues and the law clearly and without jargon. Your calls will be answered promptly and faxes, e-mails and letters will, where possible be dealt with on the same day as they are received. For free advice on pedestrian accident compensation claims just call our helpline and a personal injury experts will speak to you without any further obligation.