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Personal Injury Compensation Claims for Road Traffic Accidents involving Emergency Vehicles

Road Traffic Accidents involving Emergency Vehicles

If you are unfortunate enough to be involved in a road traffic accident, which was not your fault, then you may be entitled to make a personal injury compensation claim.

All road users owe a duty of care to other road users and Emergency Vehicles are governed by the same principles; however, the nature of their work means they do sometimes have to travel at speed and ignore traffic signals; therefore other road users should always be vigilant for warning lights or sirens.

One personal injury compensation claim dealt with by Thompsons Solicitors involved a driver who travelled across a junction controlled by traffic lights. The traffic lights were green from his direction and he was travelling at a reasonable speed; however, he failed to see an Ambulance travelling through the red traffic lights and a collision occurred. The client was still permitted to claim personal injury compensation from the insurers of the Ambulance Service; however, was found to be 60% to blame for the accident.

Claiming Personal Injury Compensation

As with all accident compensation claims, you would need to prove that another person was responsible for your personal injury (in this case, the driver of the Emergency Vehicle, which collided with you).

To help your case, you should take names, addresses and telephone numbers of any witnesses to the accident and take photographs of the accident locus if possible. You should also contact the Police immediately and report the incident.

If you are intending to claim expenses such as prescription costs and travelling expenses, remember to keep receipts as evidence.

Compensation Claim Advice

If you or anyone you know has suffered an injury as a result of a road accident, telephone us now for accurate claim advice.

There are strict time limits in place to make any injury claim.  For further information, contact us or visit our Questions Answered page.

Thompsons Solicitors are experts in all personal injury matters. We will be able to advise you whether or not you have a valid claim for compensation. Our specialist personal injury lawyers will be happy to talk you through the process of making a claim in plain English and will be happy to answer any questions or queries you may have. If you do have a valid personal injury compensation claim and you decide to instruct Thompsons Solicitors to deal with the matter for you, we will recover our legal fees from the person responsible for your injury, ensuring that the entire procedure is cost-free for you. Telephone us now on 08000 224 224 or complete one of our online personal injury compensation claim forms.