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There are more vehicles on our roads than ever and as a result there are more and more accidents occurring every day.

Every year thousands of people are involved in road traffic accidents where they are not at fault.

Whiplash Compensation Claims

Despite what most people think and the type of language often used in the press and on television, whiplash is not an injury.

It is often said that if your car has a headrest then you cannot suffer a whiplash injury.

A commonly held myth is that you cannot suffer an injury to your neck if you are involved in a collision at low speed.

The law requires that we wear a seatbelt at all times when we are in a car, whether as a passenger or a driver.

If you are involved in an accident and you are not wearing a seatbelt then your damages may be reduced as a result. However our specialist lawyers can advise you as to the extent of this responsibility.

It is particularly important that you remember to ensure that all children are either wearing a seatbelt, in a booster seat or in a car seat all appropriate for their age, size and weight whilst you are in the car with them.

The risk to back seat passengers in cars has perhaps been less well understood.

In a crash at 30mph, an adult back seat passenger is thrown forward with a force of three and a half tonnes, equal to the weight of an elephant. Even a child would be like a baby elephant.

Without a seatbelt, this could result in death or serious injury not only to the passenger but to other people in the front and back of the vehicle.

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Accident Compensation Claims

The law requires us to look after ourselves and take care of what we are doing in situations. It is worthwhile often having a think about how we can prevent accidents from happening.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is a website which provides ideas for how to avoid accidents from occurring.

Official figures show that 314 people died on Scotland's roads and that 2,625 people were seriously injured. There were 175 fatalities among 10,704 car users injured in road accidents in 2006.

Figures also show that 11% of all reported personal injury road accidents involved at least one hit and run driver.

As many as one third of road accidents involved vehicles being driven for work purposes, with business drivers being 30 - 40% more likely to be involved in an accident.

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Whiplash is not an injury. It is simply a description of the way the head and neck commonly react to being involved in a road traffic accident.

The excessive force associated with a road traffic accident can commonly cause soft tissue damage to the muscles and ligaments in the neck and around the spine.

This is especially true if the accident results in your head being thrown forwards and backwards.

The symptoms can last for weeks or more commonly months. It is not unusual for the symptoms to last in excess of one or two years and they can be permanent.

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Particularly where there are significant forces involved in a collision injuries can occur to the lower back.

It is not uncommon to find someone involved in a road traffic accident to suffer soft tissue injuries to not only their neck but also lower back.

These symptoms can last anything from weeks to years and can on occasion be permanent. Depending upon the circumstances of the accident and the age and the previous health of the person involved in the accident it can cause disc damage.

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Our spine, from the top of the neck to the lower back, is made up of small segments of bones called vertebrae.

Where the forces involved in an accident are particularly serious and where the neck has suffered a particularly bad injury either in the form of a severe soft tissue damage or disc damage then it is not uncommon for the pain to radiate from the neck into the shoulder and down into the arm.

That can also lead to symptoms of numbness and tingling down the arm and into the hand and fingers.

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Over the past few years car manufacturers have stopped fitting lap belts for the middle rear passenger. All new cars now are fitted with three point seatbelts for all passengers. That is because the injuries which can be caused by a lap belt are extremely serious and potentially life threatening.

Depending upon where you are seated and how the collision takes place it is not at all uncommon to suffer fractures as a result of a road traffic accident.

....What Can You Claim For?

This very much depends on the injury you sustained but as a general guide you can claim for:

Car Accident Compensation Claims

Make sure that you get the details of the other individual involved. This means take a note of their:

Statistically, alcohol and drugs are significant factors in road traffic accidents. According to official figures, one in six people killed on the roads died in an accident where at least one driver was over the legal limit. In surveys, one in eight drivers have admitted to driving while they thought they were over the limit.

In 2006 the Department for Trade and Industry estimated that 14,350 casualties occurred when someone was driving while over the limit, which is 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath or 80 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The police have powers under the Road Traffic Act 1988 to require a driver to undertake a breath, blood or urine test if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that a driver has been driving or attempting to drive while over the limit or if they have been involved in an accident. A conviction for drink driving will result in an automatic 12 month ban but may be much longer depending on the circumstances of the case. The courts also have powers to impose prison sentences as well as a range of non-custodial sentences, usually fines for first offenders. Refusal to provide a specimen to a police officer with reasonable cause to require one will also result in an automatic ban of at least 12 months, as well as a range of other sentences, both custodial and non-custodial.

Police officers are specially trained to look for signs for illicit drug use in drivers and will arrest drivers who appear to them to be under the influence of drugs. The police use special tests known as FIT tests (field impairment testing) to assess drivers before deciding whether to arrest them and take them into custody to provide a blood or urine sample. The courts have sentencing powers similar to those in respect of drink drivers for those who are caught driving under the influence of drugs or who refuse to provide a specimen.

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Ms Cadbury was a back seat passenger in her son's motor vehicle when it was involved in a road traffic accident. The accident occurred on an icy morning and Ms Cadbury's son admitted that he was travelling too fast for the conditions.

TEACHER Carol Summers was one year into her first job when she was involved in a horrific three-car road accident in which one driver died. The 25-year-old was seriously injured in the smash, which was not her fault, and had to sign off work for almost nine months.