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Any Briton who has travelled to a Third World country and experienced public transport will know that there is a huge difference between safety standards in the UK and many foreign countries and bus accident compensation is quite rare in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Overcrowding is unknown on scheduled services in Britain with strict regulations on the number of seated and standing passengers who may be carried, but throughout Africa, Asia and South America, minibus, coach and standard buses all regularly take twice or even three times the number of people compared with the number of seats available.
This cannot be particularly good for the concentration of the driver who probably also will have to contend with an interior containing large numbers of packages, perhaps livestock, and the normal hazards of poorly-maintained roads such as potholes, landslips or other weather-related problems, diversions through the bush and animals on the road.
Driver-training and supervision is likely to be far below European and North American standards as will be maintenance of vehicles in countries where replacement parts are expensive and hard to come by.
Hazards caused by congestion and reckless drivers of other vehicles will also be more frequent than on the regulated highways of the developed world.
Added to which, when a bus is involved in a road traffic accident, the consequences are often far worse than if a car or cars are in a crash because of the number of passengers.
Few coaches and buses outside European countries which have adopted specific laws, such as the UK, have fitted seat belts for passengers and, particularly in overcrowded vehicles, injuries will be worsened because bodies are unrestrained.
British regulations on seatbelts for buses, coaches and minibuses state that passengers must use them where fitted and that the owner and driver of the vehicle are responsible for the correct maintenance and use of the belts.
Fitting of seatbelts in all public service vehicles is not yet compulsory in the UK, apart from coaches, although it is in the United States and some European countries, but if an accident should occur and a passenger has not used a fitted belt, they are less likely to succeed in a compensation claim and suffer a personal injury if they have not strapped themselves in.
Where buses allow standing, it is up to the passenger to take care of himself and hold on to straps and bars securely in order to prevent a fall should the bus make a violent movement. Although the bus driver is still responsible for driving safely, anyone willing to stand will have to take a degree of care for himself.
YouClaim solicitors for advice on bus accident compensation
If you have suffered injury, which was not your fault, while travelling as a passenger on a bus, coach or minibus, you may be eligible to claim bus accident compensation.
Depending on the circumstances of your accident and the type of injury you have suffered, you may be entitled to receive recompense from either the insurers of the bus company or those of another driver who caused the accident.
The no win, no fee solicitors on our panel specialise in this type of case and offer free initial advice on all aspects of personal injury law and possible damages. If you decide you would like to continue with a legal case and succeed in winning it, as most of our clients do, then you are guaranteed to receive 100% of all compensation won.
To find out more about YouClaim's bus accident compensation service, details of echat and making an online inquiry are on this page or you can call us on 0800 10 757 95.
