To access the services of cycling accident solicitors, you should be able to show you suffered an injury from a biking accident. This guide will explain under what instances you may receive cycle accident compensation, why duty of care is significant in making a cycling claim and the benefits of using a bike accident solicitor.
A guide on cycling accident solicitors
Our advisors offer free legal advice, are available 24/7 and can inform you if you’re eligible to claim. They can also provide you with a compensation estimate for free with no obligation to proceed with our services. Furthermore, they can put you through to our panel of bike injury solicitors who can work your case on a No Win No Fee basis.
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Read on to learn more about bicycle accident settlement amounts and what you need to make a cycling compensation claim.
Select a Section
- Cycling Accidents Explained
- What Must I Do To Prove A Personal Injury Claim?
- Scenarios Where You Could Look For Help From Cycling Accident Solicitors
- How Cycling Accident Solicitors Could Calculate Compensation
- Advantages Of Using No Win No Fee Lawyers
- Call Our Cycling Accident Solicitors Today
Cycling Accidents Explained
A fundamental aspect of successful cycling accident claims is proving that your injury was caused by third-party negligence. Certain parties, such as road users or occupiers of public places or spaces, have a duty of care. Occupiers need to ensure that the places they control are safe for visitors. Employers should do the same for employees at work. Road users should use the roads with standard care and skill. This is all to prevent accidents and injury.
Therefore, if you’re injured because another party breached their duty of care, you may be able to claim compensation.
This is why, if you decide to use the services of cycling accident solicitors, they will ask for information about the injury to determine if a third party was liable. If you’re unable to prove that their negligence caused your injury or worsened a pre-existing one, you wouldn’t be able to receive compensation.
Furthermore, this guide will also explain other fundamental aspects of making bicycle accident compensation claims, such as the type of evidence you need and the usual time limit for making a claim. To learn more, you can always contact our experienced team of advisors. They offer free legal advice, can be reached 24/7 and could even provide you with a free compensation value over the phone.
What Must I Do To Prove A Personal Injury Claim?
As previously stated, making bike accident compensation claims revolves around proving third-party negligence. We will look into the types of accidents that could result in you successfully making a cycling claim below. Firstly, we need to go into more detail about some important aspects of claiming.
Evidence is crucial when making a claim. Cycling accident solicitors could assist you in gathering evidence to help create a causal link between the third party’s actions and your injury. By establishing this causation, you may be able to receive compensation.
This is because, as the person claiming, the onus is on you to prove that negligence caused your injury. Examples of evidence you could use include:
- Witness statements
- CCTV footage
- Medical scans
- Photographs of both your injury and the scene of the accident
Furthermore, in most cases, you only have a set period of time after you’ve suffered the injury to claim. You usually have three years from the date of the accident or three years from when you became aware of the injury being caused by negligence to begin claims proceedings. This is established in the Limitation Act 1980.
Therefore, you may not be able to claim if you attempt to do so outside the specified time period. This is why cycling accident solicitors will ask for details like the date of the accident.
Statistics
Cycling UK provides statistics regarding biking and cycling accidents to give a greater understanding of the risks cyclists face every day in the UK. Their latest statistics have broken down the number of cyclist fatalities, per billion miles cycled, on Rural A roads over the last few years.
In 2015, the rate was 236 facilities. The highest peak was in 2017 when the rate was 254. In 2020, the rate was 210. Many of these fatalities could have been caused by a road traffic accident (RTA). For example, you could experience a car accident with your bicycle that involved a driver swerving into your bike because they didn’t correctly check their surroundings.
As previously mentioned, one of the most important factors in making a claim is proving that your injury was caused by third-party negligence. Using tools like a personal injury claims calculator may not provide you with all the answers you need. Therefore, please don’t hesitate to contact us at a time that works for you using the contact details above. Our advisors can tell you quickly and easily if you’re eligible to claim cycle accident compensation.
Scenarios Where You Could Look For Help From Cycling Accident Solicitors
With cycling accident claims, it’s important to know who you’re attempting to claim against. This can depend on the nature of the incident. But proving their negligence caused your injury is the first step on the path towards being able to claim successfully, whether you’re using cycling accident solicitors or not.
You may be looking to use cycling injury solicitors because you’ve been injured in a road traffic accident or due to cycling in an unsafe environment. Every road user in Great Britain has a duty of care under The Highway Code. This means that if a road user’s negligence has injured you, you may be able to receive cycling claims compensation. Examples of incidents like this include:
- A car swerving into your bike because the driver was speeding.
- A car crashing into your bicycle because the driver changed lanes quickly and without realising you were there.
Furthermore, you may also be able to claim if unsafe public environments caused your injury. As stated above, every owner or controller of public space has a duty of care as detailed in the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. This includes local councils, who need to maintain the upkeep of public roads sufficiently. Therefore, such incidents that could lead to you making bike accident compensation claims include:
- Falling off your bike and getting injured because you crashed into a large pothole in the road that the council neglected to fix.
- Unsafe railings, that the council was aware of, causing you to fall off your bike and break your ankle.
Our panel of cycling accident solicitors could help you receive compensation. Contact us using the details above to see if you can claim.
How Solicitors Could Calculate Compensation
The amount of compensation you could receive is based on two potential heads of claim. However, an important factor is the severity of your injury, as this could impact how much you receive in compensation. When compensation is calculated for injuries, solicitors take into account:
- The length of recovery time
- Whether there are any permanent side effects
- The extent to which it has negatively impacted your life
These are all are considered under general damages, as this head of claim is about the physical and psychological implications of the incident. Special damages, meanwhile, solely relate to the financial losses caused by the accident.
Importantly, the evidence you need for special damages differs from the medical evidence for general damages. This is because you need to prove the value of the financial losses caused. Therefore, the evidence includes receipts, invoices and bank statements.
Furthermore, please remember that you won’t receive any compensation if you don’t receive compensation for general damages. This is because if it’s deemed that your injury was not caused or worsened by third-party negligence, you wouldn’t be able to claim for anything.
The Judicial College can give you a better idea of the compensation for general damages you could receive. They analyse previous payouts, comparing them to the nature and severity of the injury. By doing this, they’ve created the compensation brackets you can see below. They have supplied these figures.
| Injury Type | Severity | Compensation Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatric Damage Generally | Moderately Severe | £17,900 to £51,460 | Injuries in this bracket will cause significant problems associated with factors like the injured person's ability to cope with education, work and life as well as how their relationships with family and friends are effected. However, the prognosis will be a lot more positive than if the injury was more severe. |
| Eye | (f) Loss of Sight | £22,230 to £36,960 | Injuries in this bracket cause incomplete but serious loss of vision in one eye without significant risk of vision reduction or loss in the remaining eye. Examples of these injuries include constant double vision or constant blurred vision. |
| Neck | Severe (iii) | £42,680 to £52,540 | This bracket includes injuries like dislocations, fractures or severe soft tissue injuries or ruptured tendons that cause significant disability and chronic conditions on a permanent basis. |
| Neck | Minor (iii) | Up to £2,300 | This bracket is for minor soft tissue injuries to the neck where a full recovery is made within three months. |
| Back | Moderate (ii) | £11,730 to £26,050 | There are many frequently encountered back injuries in this bracket including ligament disturbance that leads to backache and soft tissue injuries that exacerbate a pre-existing back condition, usually by five years or more. |
| Back | Minor (i) | £7,410 to £11,730 | This bracket is for less serious sprains, strains, soft tissue injuries and disc prolapses where a full recovery to nuisance level is achieved within two to five years without the need for surgery. |
| Shoulder | Serious | £11,980 to £18,020 | Injuries in this bracket cause shoulder dislocation and lower brachial plexus damage which leads to neck and shoulder pain as well as elbow aching and weakness of grip. |
| Injuries to Pelvis and Hips | Moderate (ii) | £11,820 to £24,950 | Injuries in this bracket can involve hip replacement or another type of surgery being required. |
| Arm | Simple forearm fractures | £6,190 to £18,020 | This bracket is for simple forearm fractures with no lingering or continuing symptoms. |
| Injuries to the Elbow | Moderate or Minor | Up to £11,820 | Most elbow injuries are included within this bracket, including tennis elbow syndrome, simple fractures and lacerations. |
However, please remember that these brackets are simply an indication of what you could receive. Once our advisors or panel of cycling accident solicitors have assessed your case, they will be able to give you a more accurate compensation estimate.
Advantages Of Using No Win No Fee Lawyers
You may want to know more about the benefits of using the services of our panel of No Win No Fee cycling accident solicitors. The benefits include:
- No hidden costs. In a Conditional Fee Agreement (formally known as a No Win No Fee agreement), the solicitor will inform you of all of the potential charges before you agree to their services.
- Not paying your solicitor’s fees at the beginning of the claim or during the claims process.
- Only paying your solicitor’s legal fees when a settlement has been reached.
Your solicitor’s legal fees come out of your compensation as a small, legally capped percentage. This can make the process of claiming with the help of a solicitor more financially beneficial as it means you only have to pay your solicitor’s fees upon a successful settlement.
Call Our Cycling Accident Solicitors Today
Don’t just rely on a bicycle accident compensation calculator. Our advisors are experienced in cycling claims, so they’ll be able to tell you in one phone call if you’re eligible to receive cycling claims compensation. Furthermore, our advisors are available 24/7 and can even give you an estimate for a cycling compensation claim.
Additionally, they can put you through to our panel of cycling accident solicitors who can work your case under a No Win No Fee agreement. Contact us today using the details below.
- Call us using the phone number above.
- Contact us through our website.
- You can write to us using our Live Chat window if you prefer.
Further Resources
Please use the links below to learn more about bicycle accident compensation claims.
To learn more about the history of Cycling UK, please visit their website.
Have you suffered sprains and strains from a bicycle accident? If so, please refer to this NHS guidance.
If you’ve broken a bone and would like medical guidance, please refer to the NHS website.
We also have a bunch of guides on personal injury claims which you can read below:
- Road Traffic Accident Claims
- All You Need To Know About Road Traffic Accident Claims
- Fatal Car Accident Claims – How To Get Compensation
- Car Accident Personal Injury Claims Guide
- Could I Get Compensation After An Accident On A Bus?
- How To Claim For An Accident On Public Transport
- I Had An Accident On Public Transport, Can I Make A Claim?
- What Goes Into Making a Taxi Accident Claim?
- How To Make A Passenger Injury Claim After An RTA
- Making A Car Accident Claim Guide
- Bike And Cycle Accident Personal Injury Claims
- How Long Do Car Accident Claims Take To Complete?
- How To Find Solicitors For Car Accident Claims
Contact our advisors to learn more about whether you can claim and the benefits of using our panel of cycling accident solicitors.
