Whiplash compensation claim success following bicycle accident

While travelling home from university in Bournemouth, a 21-year-old woman was almost knocked from her bike in a near-miss vehicle accident and sustained a painful whiplash injury.

She was riding the two mile journey between the university and her home after attending hockey practice when the accident occurred. It was a dark, autumn evening but she had bicycle lights attached both front and back and was wearing reflective strips on her bag and ankles.

The student was cycling in the specified bicycle lane when a car suddenly swerved straight into the lane in front of her. She was not travelling fast but she had no choice but to slam on the brakes and then drop her feet to the floor in order to stop herself from being thrown from the bike by the sudden force of her emergency stop. Her entire upper body was jerked forwards and backwards and within a matter of minutes she started to feel a deep, hot pain through her neck and shoulders.

A witness who was walking her dog had managed to catch the number plate of the driver who raced off after the near-miss. She went over to see if the girl was alright and, after seeing that she was in pain, asked if she would like her to call an ambulance.

The girl was taken to the accident and emergency department at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital and was diagnosed with a minor whiplash injury and mild Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She was told to avoid strenuous activities and practice gentle exercises until her neck muscles and ligaments had rebuilt their strength and given some pain killers.

She was kept in overnight for observation and the lady that called the ambulance came in to visit. She informed the young woman that she had spoken to the police and gave her a piece of paper detailing the registration details of the car that was responsible for the accident as well as our phone number. The passer-by told the young woman how her husband had made a successful car accident claim through YouClaim and advised that she should make a claim for her whiplash injury.

A few days after the accident, we received a telephone call from the student. She told us what had happened and how she had sustained a painful whiplash injury that was distracting her from her studies and stopping her from taking part in the regional hockey championships. She also told us how she had been suffering nightmares about the bicycle accident and how she was now very fearful of riding her bike on the road.

We listened sympathetically and explained how our services could benefit her, without using complex, legal jargon. We told her that we would take on her claim on a no win no fee basis, that she would receive 100% of compensation awarded to her and that she would not have to pay a penny, regardless of the outcome of the case.

She accepted our terms and our team of personal injury specialists provided her with free legal advice and talked her through each stage of the whiplash claim process. Before long, the driver of the car admitted liability for the accident and his insurance company made an offer of 2,600 to cover damages, which the young woman accepted.

How to make a whiplash compensation claim
If, like the woman described above, you have suffered a whiplash injury as a result of a non-fault accident then we may be able to help.

We are experienced at dealing with a variety of personal injury claims and are proud of our excellent claim success rate.

We can help you to claim for pain and suffering, lost earnings, lost or damaged belongings and medical expenses, such as prescriptions.

Best of all, our services are completely cost-free and totally hassle-free.

To find out more about our services, or to make a whiplash compensation claim today, just call 0800 10 757 95.