A holiday accident claim following a car crash in France

There are millions of holiday accidents all across Europe each year, many of them relating to car accidents and coach crashes. Unfortunately, many serious personal injuries result from these road accidents and they have the potential to ruin both holidays and lives.

One recent customer that we were able to help was a 21-year-old girl who had been on holiday in France at the time of her car accident.

Case study - a car accident abroad
Our customer had been planning on staying in France with friends for two weeks during July 2004. On her second to last day they were travelling down a rural lane when her friend, who was driving, suddenly lost control of the car.

Our customer's right arm was badly broken in the holiday accident and she needed to have metal plates inserted. As well as her arm injuries, she also sustained a dislocated and badly damaged shoulder, which took many months to heal.

When she returned to England, she decided that she wanted to make a personal injury claim against the friend that had been driving when the car crash happened. There had been no other cars involved and she felt that he had been driving too fast on the minor road.

She came to YouClaim and asked if we would be able to take on her personal injury case. We believed she had a strong claim and organised for one of our holiday accident solicitors to start researching it immediately. She agreed that the solicitor should work on her case on a no win, no fee basis and we assured her that she would be protected from legal costs.

Her friend, who was French, had made a claim on his insurance following the car accident and liability was quickly admitted by his insurers. Our customer was very pleased with the £19,400 in holiday accident compensation that our personal injury solicitors were able to negotiate with the French insurance firm.

At no time did our customer have to pay a penny towards her claim and she received 100% of the holiday injury compensation awarded to her.

Making a holiday accident claim
If you or a family member have been involved in a road accident or any other type of accident abroad and you believe that it was not your fault, you may well be entitled to compensation. We help thousands of people each year to make successful holiday accident claims and our solicitors have an excellent success rate.

You do not have to pay anything to anyone when claiming compensation through YouClaim, no matter what the outcome of your personal injury claim. Our panel of personal injury solicitors work on a no win, no fee basis, which means that you do not have to pay any fees if your claim is unsuccessful. You will also be protected from legal costs.

If your claim is successful then, just like our above customer, you will receive 100% of the compensation awarded and you will not be left with any costs or fees to pay.

We offer free legal advice to anyone considering a holiday accident claim so if you would like to find out more, please call 0800 10 757 95 or fill in an online claim form.