Road Traffic Accidents

After years of litigation, a young woman who suffered life-changing injuries when she was hit by a car as a child has been awarded a compensation settlement worth more than £9 million. Leigh Ann Blinkhorn, now 23, was seven years old when the accident...

A Gulf War veteran who suffered life-changing injuries when he hit a pothole and was thrown from his motorcycle has won an undisclosed amount in compensation from the council responsible for the upkeep of the road. The accident happened in February 2009,...

A man who was run over by musician Pete Doherty’s Daimler in 2009 has won an undisclosed amount in compensation at the High Court. Chris Corder, 42, was delivering church newsletters near Hadleigh in Suffolk when the accident happened. He was struck...

A man who was struck by a van while walking through a car park has won £5,500 in damages. The man was returning to his car when he saw a van reversing, so he altered his route so that he passed in front of the vehicle. The van driver quickly changed...

A woman who is disabled as a result of injuries she sustained when she was knocked down by a taxi when she was 14 years old has been awarded £3 million in compensation. Vicki Hart, now 22, was hit by the taxi while crossing the road in Guisborough,...

A woman who was injured when the car being driven by her husband was involved in an accident has won £34,000 in compensation from his insurers. The 78-year-old woman was being driven home from her son-in-law’s 50th birthday party by her husband....

A mother has won a seven-figure sum in compensation after she was injured in a road accident that left her with life-changing injuries. The 48-year-old woman had driven out to get some milk when her car was hit head-on by the vehicle of a man who had...

A cyclist who was knocked down by a car that failed to give way has been awarded compensation for his injuries by Market Harborough Magistrates’ Court. The driver of the car, Robin Perry, told the Court that he was making a turn and failed to see the...

A cyclist who was hit by a lorry after he collided with barriers around electrical works has won a settlement worth millions of pounds in compensation for the life-changing injuries he suffered. Alexander Kotula, 27, fell into works barriers on a busy...

A West Yorkshire cyclist who was injured when his bicycle hit a pothole has been awarded compensation of £2,000. Peter Lodge, 52, was cycling near his home when the front wheel of his bicycle became stuck in a gap that had formed around a water valve...

A woman has been awarded a compensation settlement worth £4.25 million for injuries she sustained in a road accident when she was a child. Rhiannon Millett, then six years old, was a passenger in a car which was hit head-on by a Land Rover. Her...

A musician who was hit by a car while crossing a road in London has been awarded compensation of more than £1.1 million. Tavenor Douglas, 41, had been out celebrating his birthday on the day the accident happened. He was using a pedestrian crossing...

A police sergeant who was involved in a motorcycle accident, which left him with impaired mobility and ended his career, has been awarded £370,000 in compensation. Steve Ball was on patrol on his motorcycle when a motorcyclist travelling in the...

A passenger who suffered serious head injuries in a car accident has been awarded more than £1 million in damages. David Sutton, 25, was travelling in a Nissan car that was involved in a crash with a BMW, on a B-road between Wallingford and Goring in...

A young boy who was hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing has been awarded £14,000 in compensation. Liam Brickell, who was three years old at the time of the accident, and his mother were both hit by the vehicle. The accident occurred because the...

A motorist who crashed due to farm waste on the road has been offered £20,500 in compensation for the injuries he suffered. The accident occurred when he drove around a blind corner and ran into a patch of mud and manure that had fallen from a vehicle...

A cyclist who was left with a permanent disability as a result of a road accident has been awarded compensation of £280,000. Doris Barrera-Torrico, 31, was cycling along a busy road in North London, on her way to a charity where she did voluntary...

A teenager who was left almost completely paralysed by a road accident has been awarded a settlement estimated to be worth more than £17.5 million. Chrissie Johnson was 16 when the car in which she was a passenger collided with a lorry in 2006. After...

A former champion cyclist has been awarded a record sum in compensation after a road accident that left him with life-changing injuries. Manny Helmot, 39, was out on a training ride when he was hit head-on by a speeding car. He sustained serious injuries...

A motorcyclist who was seriously injured in a road accident has been awarded a substantial sum in compensation. The unnamed woman, who was training to be a nurse, collided with an oncoming car that turned across her path when she had the right of way. She...

A woman who suffered extensive leg and hip injuries in a car crash has won a £95,000 settlement in compensation. The woman was a passenger in a car being driven along a dual carriageway when the accident happened. A car that was parked illegally on...

A pedestrian who was hurt in a road accident in East London has won the right to compensation from Newham Council because it failed to trim the shrubs in the middle of a busy road. Mrs Pervin Yetkin, 54, was attempting to cross Stratford High Street when...

Following a four-year legal battle, a motorcyclist who lost his leg after being involved in a collision with a car has won a lump sum of £640,000 in compensation. The accident happened when a car pulled out in front of the motorcyclist without...

The family of a cyclist who was killed in an accident involving a lorry has been awarded £337,500 in compensation at the High Court. Ninian Donald, 33, who worked as a set builder, was in a designated cycle and bus lane when a tipper lorry turned...

A man who was left with severe disabilities after a horrific road accident caused by another motorist has been awarded millions of pounds in compensation. Nazer Ahadi, 22, was on his way to work at a bakery when he was involved in a head-on collision with...