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compensation following an accident
illness or injury - nationwide
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A personal injury solicitor could help a victim of a road-related incident gain the compensation they deserve.
Many road-related accidents are caused when two or more road users' vehicles collide with one another, but another circumstance in which a motorist or passenger could suffer personal injury is if a road structure, such as a bridge, or a road-side construction, collapses.
There are two ways in which a bridge could cause severe personal injuries and those are by falling onto a road from above or becoming unstable when a vehicle is driving over it.
In both instances the motorist and any passengers could suffer serious harm and possibly even die, depending on the height of the bridge, as well as other factors.
Moreover, the injuries sustained will depend on the health and age of the people involved, what type of vehicle they are in, and what the bridge is made of.
Poorly constructed or maintained roadside constructions can be just as hazardous for road users as unstable bridges – for example if a building, billboard or scaffold falls onto the road and creates an obstacle for drivers or collapses directly onto a vehicle.
In all of these cases it is likely that the council or company responsible for the erection and maintenance of the bridge, building, billboard or scaffold, will be found liable for the personal injuries sustained by the people involved.
However, if a motorist's actions caused the incident a compensation claim court case will probably find them partly or entirely responsible for their own injuries.
Personal injury solicitor's help after road incident
If you believe that you have been the victim of the negligent actions of a council or company, you could make a claim with the help of a personal injury solicitor.
Contact us by phone on 0800 10 757 95, use live help to talk to an adviser over the internet, or fill in a short online claim form and we will respond as soon as we can.
