Sentences with phrase «not road traffic accident»

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They are not particularly common injuries, although around half of cases occur due to sporting injuries, with road traffic accidents being another common cause.

Let's say you are traveling down the road, have a sudden sneezing attack, and you veer out of your lane into approaching traffic, causing an accident that involves more than one vehicle, chances are the above limits would not be enough to cover everyone that claimed damages.

Today people are more aware of the dangers lurking outside and of the statistics of cats lost to road traffic accidents, not to mention exposure to diseases and poisons.

The courses are being put on by the Humboldt Bay Bicycle Commuters Association (HBBCA) in an effort to ensure that as high gas prices send more people looking for alternatives, there isn't an increase in traffic accidents as neophyte cyclists hit the roads.

Separately, proposals are afoot to raise the small claims limit to # 5,000 for road traffic accident claims — this would exclude most litigants from representation since legal costs are not recoverable in the small claims court.

Separately, the small claims limit for road traffic accident cases will be raised from # 1,000 to # 5,000, pushing most whiplash cases to the small claims track, where claimants can not claim for their legal costs.

I know of a firm where the paralegals (case handlers who are not even qualified) have up to 500 road traffic accident clients at the same time!

Delaware truck accident lawyers are there to help the victims of accidents involving trucks, and can help you to get compensation for injuries, damage, or loss sustained in a road traffic accident that was not your fault.

The significant difference of a road traffic accident claim is that some injuries are caused by drivers who are either not insured, or can not be traced (in a hit and run for instance).

For example, with most road traffic accidents the party you are claiming against (the other driver) will not be the same party who will end up paying your compensation (their insurance company).

They also reclaim from insurance companies costs of hospital treatment after road traffic accidents — but this doesn't affect you.

Compensation for your family helping you after the car, or road traffic accident, or you having to pay someone to undertake the work you would otherwise have done had it not been for the car, or road traffic accident.

Road traffic accidents are one of the biggest killers of young people, but according to the research, 47 % of drivers in the 17 - 24 age - group don't think they are taught enough about how to stay safe on the roads.

If you have been injured in a road traffic accident that wasn't your fault and would like to raise a personal injury claim, then contact our expert personal injury lawyers today.

Most of the time, the blame on drunk driving accidents are naturally put into the one who consumed alcohol because a drunk driver has less focus and concentration on the road and has a greater tendency to not notice other vehicles and are less wary of the traffic signs.

(a) The party claiming has to have asked the party causing the accident for details required under section 154 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 i.e. whether or not the person was insured or there was an insurance policy covering the vehicle and the registration number.

For a variety of reasons, including some linked to Miles's learning difficulties and injuries sustained in a road traffic accident seven weeks before the consent order, Miles's education did not progress as planned with the result that he did not graduate from Leeds College of Music when anticipated.

If a driver or passenger wasn't wearing their seatbelt in a road traffic accident, and was injured, or more badly injured, as a result

Other non-driver factors that can contribute to car accidents include: automobile defects, roads or highway defects, and traffic signals that are not working properly.

Because the waterways aren't marked with clearly defined lanes as in the road, establishing fault in a boating accident is much more difficult than establishing fault in a traffic crash.

Traffic on the road won't stop just because you had an accident.

Not only will your vehicle hold up traffic if it is left on the road, it will also increase the chance of other accidents occurring.

The House of Commons Select Committee on Transport report of December 2011 wants the «bar raised» on the proof required before whiplash injury can be compensated: «Where someone can demonstrate that they have suffered an injury, including whiplash, as a result of a road traffic accident for which they were not fully liable they should be able to claim and receive compensation.

It should not cover damages for injury sustained otherwise than in road traffic accidents, for example, employer's negligence or breach of statutory duty, claims against local authorities or occupiers, nuisance claims or assault claims.»

The prosecution contended that the requirement of notice in the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (RTOA 1988), s 1 (1) did not apply by virtue of s 2 (1), since there had been an «accident».

HELD The policy behind the exception in RTOA 1988, s 2 (1) is that drivers who have committed a relevant road traffic offence and whose vehicles are involved in or concerned with an accident do not need the warning or notification prescribed by s 1 because the very fact of being involved or concerned with the accident is a sufficient indication of the risk of prosecution.

Of course you do not have to actually be in a vehicle to be injured in a road traffic accident: if you were injured as a pedestrian you are equally entitled to claim.

Visit The Claim Group for expert advice and help when you've had a road traffic accident claim or any form of personal injury that wasn't your fault.

While the roads in the small city of Augusta, KY do not get overly congested like they might in larger cities, traffic accidents can still happen.

Even though drivers can't avoid the increased traffic on America's roads, they can take proactive steps to prepare themselves in event an accident occurs, such as following the Insurance.com's 2006 Summer Driving Tips.

Any driver on the road, whether an undocumented immigrant or not, will need to be able to show proof of insurance after an accident or during a traffic stop.

The reasonsfor these accidents are ignorant behavior, rash driving and not following the proper traffic rules on the road.

If you have an accident where no one is hurt, try to get the vehicles off the road so you don't cause traffic.

He averages 12,000 miles a year on the road for daily commute to and from work, and in the most recent five years, have not had any accidents or traffic violations.

Can you imagine how much worse the traffic accident statistics would be if law enforcement agencies didn't monitor the roads in Casselberry?

Not only are there road accidents everyday due to inexperience drivers, speeding, road rage, drinking while driving and distracted driving, but there are also dangers due to the weather conditions, poor road conditions and heavy flow of traffic.

If your driving history is not littered with traffic, road violations, and accidents you may be rated as a good driver and appropriate discounts may be in the offing.

When you are following a long line of traffic or heading to a built up area, overtaking a single or couple of cars may not affect your entire journey time; however, this can increase your risk of a road accident.