If you have sustained injuries as a result of being a passenger in a car, a passenger on a bus or a passenger in any other vehicle that has been involved in an accident, you should be entitled to make a personal injury claim.

In the majority of accidents a passenger is an innocent party in the accident so is in a strong legal position to make a compensation claim. As a passenger the driver of your vehicle has a duty of care to ensure your safety by driving responsibly, in the exact same way that all other road users have a duty of care.

If you are a passenger in the vehicle which is at fault for an accident, either by crashing into another vehicle, a pedestrian or losing control of the vehicle, your passenger compensation claim would be made against the driver’s insurance company. If the driver of the vehicle is uninsured, we will be able to help you make a passenger compensation claim to the Motor Insurers Bureau, unless you knew the driver was not insured before the accident. Even if you weren’t wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident you may still be entitled to make a claim.

If you are a passenger that has been involved in a road traffic accident within the past three years, and have suffered personal injuries as a result of the accident, you should contact us to discuss your compensation claim.

For a free consultation with a personal injury solicitor, please click on the link below to go to our enquiry page or contact us on 0844 414 0667.