Air, Rail & Sea Related Claims
Have you sustained an injury due to public transport that wasn’t your fault?
Public transport can be an incredibly useful mode of getting around your local area, travelling across the country, or making trips to other parts of the world. It’s often a cheap, convenient option for travel, and the number of rules and regulations governing the travel industry mean that public transport is generally considered to be safe. However, even with a high level of safety standards in place, a minor mistake or slip-up can have devastating consequences.
Whether you have been injured whilst travelling for business or pleasure, if your injury was sustained whilst travelling as a passenger on public transport, you may have grounds for Personal Injury compensation.
Injury Claims
Our personal injury lawyers can help you to make a compensation claim for a number of things, depending on where you accident happened and whether your claim will be governed by English law or the law of another country.
For claims covered by English law, which will typically include any case where your carrier is UK based or your travel was arranged as part of a package holiday with a UK tour operator, we can help you to claim for:
- physical and emotional pain and suffering;
- any adverse effect your injuries have had on your quality of life;
- expenses incurred in travelling to and from medical appointments, buying prescription medicines and paying other costs directly related to the accident or injury you have sustained;
- lost wages or pension entitlement;
- the cost of mobility aids, specialist equipment and home or vehicle adaptations; and
- future care costs.
- broken bones, sprained muscles and torn ligaments caused by slips and trips, falling from height or being pushed or shoved, for example while embarking or disembarking an aircraft;
- cuts and bruises caused by flying debris due to a rear train shunt, air turbulence or a ferry collision;
- bangs to the head caused by falling luggage;
- burns and scolds caused by hot food and drink or following a fire or explosion;
- limb loss caused as a result of being crushed or coming into contact with serrated metal;
- allergic reactions caused by allergen contaminated food;
- gastroenteritis caused by food poisoning; or
- death caused by a fatal plane crash, train crash or serious accident at sea.
We can also deal with compensation claims for:
- injuries sustained during an assault while travelling;
- injuries which occurred on your onward journey, for example in a road traffic accident after you left the airport you flew out of or into; and
- serious injury or a death abroad which occurred while you or a loved one were on a package holiday.
Where your loved one died in an air, rail or sea accident and you therefore wish to claim compensation for a fatal accident, we can usually help you to claim for your bereavement, medical costs incurred before you loved one passed away, funeral costs and your loss of financial support and security.
Compensation Amount
The amount of compensation you receive will depend on the severity of your injury, the impact this has had on your life and whether you are claiming for an accident in which compensation is calculated under English law or the law of the country in which the accident occurred, which may be a foreign country.
As a general guide, a claim made here for a minor injury causing minimal pain and discomfort and no significant financial consequences may secure you a payout of a few thousand pounds whereas a life-changing injury or one that ultimately leads to death may result in a settlement running into hundreds of thousands if not millions of pounds.
Have you sustained an injury due to public transport that wasn’t your fault?
Public transport can be an incredibly useful mode of getting around your local area, travelling across the country, or making trips to other parts of the world. It’s often a cheap, convenient option for travel, and the number of rules and regulations governing the travel industry mean that public transport is generally considered to be safe. However, even with a high level of safety standards in place, a minor mistake or slip-up can have devastating consequences.
Whether you have been injured whilst travelling for business or pleasure, if your injury was sustained whilst travelling as a passenger on public transport, you may have grounds for Personal Injury compensation. Common accidents on public transport include following:
- Slips, trips and falls in train stations and on trains
- Injuries when boarding or alighting a train
- Injuries from luggage falling from overhead racks
- Falls on buses due to drivers accelerating or breaking heavily
- Injuries when boarding or alighting a bus
- Bus collision injuries
- Injuries from non-secure objects on ferries
- Slipping and falling on ferry decking areas
- Ferry collisions and evacuations
Although some elements are unpreventable (such as choppy seas or bumpy roads), it is the responsibility of the transport operative to ensure precautionary arrangements are in place. Please contact us now if you would like to speak to a solicitor in confidence about making a claim for compensation.