subject: Making A Personal Injury Claim After Your Car Crash Accident [print this page] It can be a difficult, dramatic and life-changing experience to experience an injury as a result of a car crash accident that was not your fault. You may be worried about your financial situation as a result of being sufficiently injured to be left unable to work. This is a matter that can have a considerable impact not only on you, but also on your loved ones. In such a situation, you may have considered seeking the services of a personal injury claims solicitor to obtain compensation from the other side.
A particularly type of common car crash accident is the whiplash accident. Whiplash is an injury that is often extremely painful, and that can cause a great deal of ongoing pain. It normally occurs as a result of being sat in a stationary vehicle, perhaps at a roundabout or a junction, when another vehicle careers into the back of you. The body is pushed forward due to feeling the brunt of the impact of such a car crash accident. It is, however, held back by the seat belt. The head, meanwhile, initially stays still, as it is not attached to the seat. However, the body being initially pushed forward leads to the head being pulled along with it, by the neck. This causes the head to flip forward and then whip back, causing a very painful neck strain or, much more rarely, a fracture.
This is obviously a car crash accident that is not your fault, and there are a number of things that you can do to pursue the matter further. First things first, you will need to take down the details of the other driver's insurance company, as well as their registration number, which will enable you to make a personal injury claim should you eventually wish to do so. Next, you will obviously need to head to your local hospital's Accident & Emergency, where they can examine you and ensure that you have not suffered a more serious injury.
Once you have returned from A&E, you will obviously want to rest in addition to following any advice that you have been given. Treatment for whiplash injury may involve physiotherapy, and it used to often involve neck collars, although this is much less often the case nowadays as some medics advise those with such an injury to keep moving.
It will then be important for you to seek advice about making a claim, which should be free to do, despite the companies out there that persist in charging you before you have even been put in touch with a solicitor. There is a wide selection of different personal injury solicitors to choose from if you wish to seek compensation as a result of your car crash accident. The best of them will provide solicitors who are well qualified, perhaps including those that are members of the Law Society's Personal Injury Panel. They should be understanding and empathetic to your situation, efficiently overseeing your claim from commencement to conclusion while also ensuring that you receive 100% of the compensation.
