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Although excess speed is often blamed for a road traffic accident, there can often be incidents of personal injury caused in slow traffic which can lead to a car crash claim.
Motorists often become impatient when stuck in a queue, perhaps leading them to try a reckless overtaking manoeuvre or dodge into a narrow side street to avoid a rush-hour jam but this action can lead to a vehicle accident for a number of reasons.
Local authorities, with an eye to reducing casualties on the roads in their areas, often take measures to slow traffic in side roads in order to channel most vehicles onto major roads which are built to take the numbers, and where there is more control of junctions and subsequent road safety.
Speed limits of 20mph are being established in residential areas in a number of towns and cities, especially where side streets may be used as rat-runs' by drivers seeking to escape the bumper-to-bumper conditions on the main route.
Humps, chicanes and one-way systems are also deployed to persuade drivers not to try to negotiate the streets where there are likely to be pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road-users who wish to avoid confrontation with a motorist in a hurry.
In September 2010, a survey of the most congested roads in the UK showed that Clapham, London, Wallasey, Liverpool, and Warburton, Greater Manchester, were the areas in the country where drivers spend up to 90 hours a week in traffic jams.
Managing traffic on the country's busiest urban roads and motorways is a big problem for the highway authorities who want to ensure safe and efficient travel for all, but drivers themselves have a part to play, too.
If drivers can change their routes, and habits, they will benefit not only themselves but also the environment because vehicles in traffic queues cause more pollution than those which are moving freely.
By either travelling at a different time of day or driving with others to reduce the number of cars on the road, motorists who make small changes to their lifestyles could help to cut the number of road accidents, too.
A vehicle collision at low speed, such as a shunt, can result in a personal injury including whiplash because of the unexpected nature of any accident. If the victim has been driving sensibly in queuing traffic and the accident is not their fault, they may have ground for claiming justified compensation from the liable driver.
Expert solicitors for a car crash claim
Whatever the circumstances, if you have been involved in a vehicle accident and have suffered pain, injury or loss of earnings through the neglect or actions of another person, you may benefit from the advice of YouClaim's expert car crash claim solicitors.
With their professional, yet sympathetic approach, you can be sure of receiving the best of attention from our panel of lawyers who are available throughout the UK and are governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
For personal injury cases, they operate under the no win, no fee system, meaning that any compensation won will all be passed on to you without deductions.
To find out more about how YouClaim can help with making a compensation claim, complete the online claim form on this web page, start echat or give us a call on 0800 10 757 95
