Road Accident Claims Guide
If you have been involved in a car accident, what should you do? Do you have to call the police and wait at the scene of the accident or can you move on? When should you obtain treatment and should this be from your General Practitioner or an Accident & Emergency Department? What about your car being repaired?
Loyalty Law are here to answer these questions and many more and to ensure that you are put in touch with the right person to help you as soon as possible.
The scene of your car accident
Immediately after a car accident you should:-
- Obtain the name, address, vehicle registration and contact details of anyone else involved in the accident along with details of their insurance company;
- Obtain full details of any witnesses – they will be essential in helping you to prove your case if you decide to make a claim;
- Take photographs of the scene of the accident if possible. Using your phone or any camera will help. Try to include something to scale and date the accident scene (eg newspapers for the date);
- If you are injured, you should report the accident to the police. Do not move the vehicles until the police arrive so that they can take measurements;
- Do not admit liability for the accident as you are usually specifically excluded from doing so by your insurance company.
Your car repairs
If your vehicle is damaged in the accident, what are your options for car repairs? Loyalty Law solicitors will be able to assess the extent of damage and ensure that you get back on the road as soon as possible. If you are involved in a no fault accident you will be entitled to obtain a replacement car for the duration of the period that your vehicle is off the road. Loyalty Law solicitors will work with you to make this happen.
Your injury
If you have suffered an injury as a result of your car accident, what should you do? Initially, you should attend Accident & Emergency or your General Practitioner for assessment to ensure that you have not sustained a serious injury. Clearly, if the injury is serious an ambulance will have already taken you to hospital where you will have been fully assessed.
We understand that your first concerns relate to getting back to fitness as soon as possible. Loyalty Law has a national network of treatment providers that can work with you to provide you with private treatment to speed your recovery. The cost of this treatment will be included as part of your compensation claim so will not have to be paid by you at the beginning of the claim.
Why Choose Loyalty Law For Your Road Accident Claim?
All Loyalty Law solicitors are checked and vetted to ensure that they meet our criteria in the following ways:-
- Before they can start working for you, they are interviewed by our managing director, a solicitor himself (although no longer practising). He is quickly able to assess whether they have the legal skills needed, but also whether they are easy to speak with on the telephone and will give you the service that you deserve.
- At the end of every accident claim, we carry out an interview with each client to ensure that they have been completely satisfied with the service provided. This ensures that not only does the solicitor start off by providing an excellent service, but through continual feedback they continue to achieve the right levels of service for you. It means that people like you are constantly monitoring and providing feedback on the service and is one of the reasons why we believe that you should ask Loyalty Law to help you find the right solicitor.
Make A Quick Road Accident Enquiry?
Why not make a free enquiry now by contacting us in one of the following ways to find out if and how much you can claim (no cost and no obligation to proceed, we are here to help):-
- Arrange for us to call you back – » Click To Request A Call Back.
- Call us free on 0800 142 2775 between the hours of 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm on Saturday and 8am to 5.30pm on Sunday; or
- Provide us with some details and one of our Loyalty Law solicitors will be in touch with you – make a Quick Enquiry now.
