How a man claimed 3,000 whiplash injury compensation with YouClaim

Whiplash is the most common personal injury sustained in car accidents, occurring in around one in five crashes. A whiplash injury is characterised by a stiff, painful neck that may only begin to hurt hours or even days after the event. In most cases this pain is temporary and will usually fade within a matter of weeks. Read more about whiplash injury symptoms.

Unfortunately, in a small number of people, a whiplash injury will not get better quickly and can take years to heal. One of our customers, a 37-year-old man from Yorkshire, suffered serious neck pain for over a year after his accident. Read more about Late Whiplash Syndrome.

Whiplash injury case study - head-on car accident
Our customer was driving with his wife and 5-year-old daughter on a single carriageway road near Macclesfield on a rainy day in April 2004 when they were involved in a car accident.

As he was approaching a corner he knew to be an accident blackspot, he slowed to around 30 mph. A van rounded the corner at speed and skidded, swerving onto the wrong side of the road while trying to regain control. Despite braking, our customer was unable to avoid the van and the two vehicles crashed head on.

Our customer did not think he had sustained any serious personal injuries at the time of the car accident, while his wife and child were lucky to suffer only very minor bruising which did not need hospital attention.

However, the next day our customer woke up to an extremely painful neck and back. He visited his GP, who advised him that he probably had a whiplash injury and that it would most likely clear up within a few weeks. Unfortunately, this was not the case for our customer and over a period of a year and a half his symptoms continued to cause him pain and discomfort.

Although he had not initially intended to make a compensation claim against the van driver, he was not expecting his whiplash injury to take so long to heal. He called YouClaim and asked if we would be able to help him.

After finding out the details of his car accident we confirmed that we would indeed be able to assist him in his whiplash injury claim. He was pleased to hear that he would not have to pay anything to us or anyone else, no matter what the outcome of his claim, and asked us to start work on his case.

Our personal injury solicitors were able to settle his case out of court and he was delighted with his award of 3,200 whiplash injury compensation. As promised, he didn't have to pay a penny at any time and he received a cheque for the full amount.

Have you suffered a whiplash injury? Get compensation
If you are in a similar situation to the man above and you wish to pursue a whiplash injury claim, YouClaim is here to help. We have many years of experience in assisting people with car accident claims and our personal injury solicitors have a superb success rate that serves as an indicator of their skill and dedication.

We make it as easy as possible to claim compensation with our straightforward claims process, 24 hour advice line and expert legal staff who use plain English, not legal jargon.

For free legal advice and further information about making a whiplash injury claim, please telephone 0800 10 757 95 or fill in an online claim form.