How a lady with a whiplash injury claimed personal injury compensation

If you have sustained a whiplash injury, it may well have been as a result of a car accident. There are thought to be over a million car accidents each year in the UK, although many do not cause personal injury. Of the crashes that do cause injury, around a fifth result in one or more people suffering whiplash. Read about what whiplash is.

This is a case study of a 45-year-old woman who we were able to help after she suffered a whiplash injury in a car crash.

Case study - side-on car accident
Our customer was just about to pull into a parking space at her local supermarket when another car drove into the side of hers at a speed of about 10 mph. As the impact occurred, her head was thrown away from the side the car had been hit from, then towards it. Read more about Low Velocity Impacts.

She was shocked but at the time believed herself to be unhurt. She exchanged insurance details with the lady that had driven into her and thought that was the end of it.

Several hours later, she found that her neck was painful when she moved it and began suffering from a bad headache. After several days of discomfort, she visited her GP, who diagnosed a whiplash injury. She was advised to rest and take painkillers if necessary. Read more about whiplash treatment.

Her neck injury did not get better as quickly as she had hoped and she was prevented from playing golf with her friends for over three months. At this time, she decided that she wanted to make a compensation claim because of the effect the whiplash injury was having on her life.

She came to YouClaim and was pleased to find out that it does not cost anything to use our personal injury service. We also assured her that we would not make any deductions from any compensation she is awarded. She told us that she wanted to press on with her compensation claim and we set to work immediately on her behalf.

One of our personal injury solicitors who specialises in whiplash injury cases agreed to take on her claim and started work on it straight away. She visited a medical expert three months after she first came to us so that he could produce a report showing the long-term effect. Read more about recovering from whiplash.

Our solicitors were able to negotiate an out-of-court settlement for 2,100 for our customer's whiplash injury. She soon received a cheque for the full amount, with which she was delighted.

Can you make a whiplash injury claim?
If you have suffered a whiplash injury as a result of a car crash or other accident that was not your fault, you may wish to make a compensation claim. You can claim for the pain and suffering you have experienced, as well as the effect of the whiplash injury on your life and any financial losses that it has caused.

Our solicitors have specialist knowledge of whiplash injury claims and are able to help our customers to get the best possible compensation award. They are all members of the Law Society Personal Injury Panel and as such are regularly assessed to ensure they are providing a very high standard of service.

You don't have to pay anything when you make a whiplash injury claim with us. We guarantee that no matter what the outcome of your claim, you will be protected from all costs and fees.

If you would like to get free legal advice and a no obligation whiplash injury claim assessment, please call 0800 10 757 95.