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The speed of vehicles involved in a road traffic accident contribute greatly to the severity of the personal injuries and damage involved and that is one of the reasons why incidents which lead to motorway accident compensation claims are often serious.
UK motorways are among the safest in Europe. Drivers on ordinary urban roads face eight times the risk of a fatal accident compared with when on a motorway and three times the risk per mile on rural roads.
The first motorway in the UK was the Preston by-pass, a stretch of eight miles, opened 51 years ago, which has since been incorporated into the M6 running between Birmingham and Glasgow.
In 1958 there were 4.5 million cars on the roads, compared with 28 million today but, despite this, only 2,946 people were fatally hurt in crashes in 2008 compared with 5,970 in the year motorway driving started.
In the 1960s, a full network of motorways was planned and they now cover nearly 2,000 miles. However, although this represents just 1% of all the road mileage in the country, they carry 20% of all traffic and 42% of heavy goods traffic.
Given these volumes and the fact these direct routes are more efficient than the old trunk roads between population centres, it's no wonder they are so popular with drivers who want to get from A to B with fewest hindrances.
Unfortunately, their popularity can be a cause of accidents with blackspots on the M25, M5, M6 and M1 among others frequently mentioned on traffic bulletins as sites of hold-ups and incidents.
Of course, there are many reasons for accidents occurring on motorways but one of the most common types is the rear end crash.
When traffic suddenly slows due to a queue ahead for road works, an incident or just quantity of vehicles, rear end crashes are most likely to happen because of driver inattention, a poor road surface leading to a skid or excess speed not giving the following driver enough time to stop.
Each of those circumstances could well be sufficient cause for the driver or passengers in the car or cars which have been crashed into to make a claim for motorway accident compensation but, if there is any question of who was to blame, then the advice of an experienced personal injury solicitor should be sought.
Making a motorway accident claim with YouClaim
If you have been involved in a road accident and suffered personal injury or distress which was not your fault, you may be eligible to make a claim to recompense you.
YouClaim's experienced team of legal experts can assist you every step of the way in claiming against the person or people responsible for your car crash, wherever in the UK it happened.
What's more, not only will you receive professional advice from lawyers who are supervised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, with our no win, no fee scheme you will not be charged a penny in fees and with our 100% compensation guarantee you will receive all the proceeds if we win your case.
With YouClaim's high success rate for personal injury and vehicle accident cases, you can be assured of the best possible attention.
There are a number of ways to make initial contact with us: you can use the online inquiry form on this site, start e-chat, ask for a call-back at a convenient time or call us free now on 0800 10 757 95.
