To access the services of cycling accident solicitors, you should be able to show you suffered an injury from a biking accident. This guide will explain under what instances you may receive cycle accident compensation, why duty of care is significant in making a cycling claim and the benefits of using a bike accident solicitor.
A guide on cycling accident solicitors
Our advisors offer free advice, are available 24/7 and can inform you if you’re eligible to claim. They can also provide you with a compensation estimate for free with no obligation to proceed with our services. Furthermore, they can put you through to our panel of bike injury solicitors who can work your case on a No Win No Fee basis.
Contact us using the details below.
- Call us on 0330 0433679
- Access our ‘contact us‘ page online.
- Arrange a call back or access our claim online form
Read on to learn more about bicycle accident settlement amounts and what you need to make a cycling compensation claim.
Select a Section
- Cycling Accidents Explained
- What Must I Do To Prove A Personal Injury Claim?
- Scenarios Where You Could Look For Help From Cycling Accident Solicitors
- How Cycling Accident Solicitors Could Calculate Compensation
- How Long Do I Have To Start A Cycling Accident Claim?
- Advantages Of Using No Win No Fee Lawyers
- Call Our Cycling Accident Solicitors Today
Cycling Accidents Explained
A fundamental aspect of successful cycling accident claims is proving that your injury was caused by third-party negligence. Certain parties, such as road users or occupiers of public places or spaces, have a duty of care. Occupiers need to ensure that the places they control are safe for visitors. Employers should do the same for employees at work. Road users should use the roads with standard care and skill. This is all to prevent accidents and injury.
Therefore, if you’re injured because another party breached their duty of care, you may be able to claim compensation.
This is why, if you decide to use the services of cycling accident solicitors, they will ask for information about the injury to determine if a third party was liable. If you’re unable to prove that their negligence caused your injury or worsened a pre-existing one, you wouldn’t be able to receive compensation.
Furthermore, this guide will also explain other fundamental aspects of making bicycle accident compensation claims, such as the type of evidence you need and the usual time limit for making a claim. To learn more, you can always contact our experienced team of advisors. They offer free legal advice, can be reached 24/7 and could even provide you with a free compensation value over the phone.
What Must I Do To Prove A Personal Injury Claim?
As previously stated, making bike accident compensation claims revolves around proving third-party negligence. We will look into the types of accidents that could result in you successfully making a cycling claim below. Firstly, we need to go into more detail about some important aspects of claiming.
Evidence is crucial when making a claim. Cycling accident solicitors could assist you in gathering evidence to help create a causal link between the third party’s actions and your injury. By establishing this causation, you may be able to receive compensation.
This is because, as the person claiming, the onus is on you to prove that negligence caused your injury. Examples of evidence you could use include:
- Witness statements
- CCTV footage
- Medical scans
- Photographs of both your injury and the scene of the accident
Statistics
Cycling UK provides statistics regarding biking and cycling accidents to give a greater understanding of the risks cyclists face every day in the UK. Their latest statistics have broken down the number of cyclist fatalities, per billion miles cycled, on Rural A roads over the last few years.
Here are some key takeaways:
- There are 9-11 million cycle trips for every cycle fatality.
- 3 quarters of injuries in 2022 were minor.
- The risk of death while cycling on public roads continues to be on a downwards trend since 2012.
- In England in 2023 6.8 million people (12 of the population) cycled more than once a week.
As previously mentioned, one of the most important factors in making a claim is proving that your injury was caused by third-party negligence. Using tools like a personal injury claims calculator may not provide you with all the answers you need. Therefore, please don’t hesitate to contact us at a time that works for you using the contact details above. Our advisors can tell you quickly and easily if you’re eligible to claim cycle accident compensation.
Scenarios Where You Could Look For Help From Cycling Accident Solicitors
With cycling accident claims, it’s important to know who you’re attempting to claim against. This can depend on the nature of the incident. But proving their negligence caused your injury is the first step on the path towards being able to claim successfully, whether you’re using cycling accident solicitors or not.
You may be looking to use cycling injury solicitors because you’ve been injured in a road traffic accident or due to cycling in an unsafe environment. Every road user in Great Britain has a duty of care under The Highway Code. This means that if a road user’s negligence has injured you, you may be able to receive cycling claims compensation. Examples of incidents like this include:
- A car swerving into your bike because the driver was speeding.
- A car crashing into your bicycle because the driver changed lanes quickly and without realising you were there.
Furthermore, you may also be able to claim if unsafe public environments caused your injury. As stated above, every owner or controller of public space has a duty of care as detailed in the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. This includes local councils, who need to maintain the upkeep of public roads sufficiently. Therefore, such incidents that could lead to you making bike accident compensation claims include:
- Falling off your bike and getting injured because you crashed into a large pothole in the road that the council neglected to fix.
- Unsafe railings, that the council was aware of, causing you to fall off your bike and break your ankle.
Our panel of cycling accident solicitors could help you receive compensation. Contact us using the details above to see if you can claim.
How Solicitors Could Calculate Compensation
The amount of compensation you could receive is based on two potential heads of claim. However, an important factor is the severity of your injury, as this could impact how much you receive in compensation. When compensation is calculated for injuries, solicitors take into account:
- The length of recovery time
- Whether there are any permanent side effects
- The extent to which it has negatively impacted your life
These are all are considered under general damages, as this head of claim is about the physical and psychological implications of the incident. Special damages, meanwhile, solely relate to the financial losses caused by the accident.
Importantly, the evidence you need for special damages differs from the medical evidence for general damages. This is because you need to prove the value of the financial losses caused. Therefore, the evidence includes receipts, invoices and bank statements.
Furthermore, please remember that you won’t receive any compensation if you don’t receive compensation for general damages. This is because if it’s deemed that your injury was not caused or worsened by third-party negligence, you wouldn’t be able to claim for anything.
The Judicial College can give you a better idea of the compensation for general damages you could receive. They analyse previous payouts, comparing them to the nature and severity of the injury. By doing this, they’ve created the compensation brackets you can see below. They have supplied these figures, except from the top one.
| Injury Type | Severity | Compensation Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple Injuries and Significant Financial Losses | Severe | Up to £500,000 plus | This award is for multiple injuries of a serious nature and significant financial losses. |
| Head | Very Severe Brain Damage | £344,150 to £493,000 | Severe brain injury resulting in limited life expectancy and awareness, physical limitations, serious impairment, gastrostomy for feeding, inability to communicate and behavioural problems |
| Neck | Severe (iii) | £55,500 to £68,330 | This bracket includes injuries like dislocations, fractures or severe soft tissue injuries or ruptured tendons that cause significant disability and chronic conditions on a permanent basis. |
| Neck | Minor (iii) | £5,310 to £9,630 | This bracket is for minor soft tissue injuries to the neck where a full recovery is made within three months. |
| Back | Moderate (ii) | £15,260 to £33,880 | There are many frequently encountered back injuries in this bracket including ligament disturbance that leads to backache and soft tissue injuries that exacerbate a pre-existing back condition, usually by five years or more. |
| Back | Minor (i) | £9,630 to £15,260 | This bracket is for less serious sprains, strains, soft tissue injuries and disc prolapses where a full recovery to nuisance level is achieved within two to five years without the need for surgery. |
| Shoulder | Serious | £15,580 to £23,430 | Injuries in this bracket cause shoulder dislocation and lower brachial plexus damage which leads to neck and shoulder pain as well as elbow aching and weakness of grip. |
| Injuries to Pelvis and Hips | Moderate (ii) | £15,370 to £32,450 | Injuries in this bracket can involve hip replacement or another type of surgery being required. |
| Arm | Simple forearm fractures | £8,060 to £23,430 | This bracket is for simple forearm fractures with no lingering or continuing symptoms. |
| Injuries to the Elbow | Moderate or Minor (i) | Up to £15,370 | Most elbow injuries are included within this bracket, including tennis elbow syndrome, simple fractures and lacerations. |
However, please remember that these brackets are simply an indication of what you could receive. Once our advisors or panel of cycling accident solicitors have assessed your case, they will be able to give you a more accurate compensation estimate.
How Long Do I Have To Start A Cycling Accident Claim?
You typically have 3 years to start a claim from the day you sustained your injuries. This time limit is recognised under the Limitation Act 1980 and applies to the majority of personal injury claims.
Despite this, there are some exceptions to this rule, for example:
- Those who lack mental capacity may not be able to independently start a claim. Therefore, the time limit is indefinitely paused unless they regain it.
- If a child was injured, the 3 year time limit will commence on their 18th birthday and end on their 21st as minors cannot start a claim themselves.
If the claims time limit is frozen, a litigation friend may start a claim for the injured cyclist. Anyone over the age of eighteen may become a litigation friend as long as they act in the claimants best interests. However, if you have a valid claim, then our panel of cycling accident solicitors will support you.
If you would like to find out whether you are still within the claims time limit or ask more questions about the role of a litigation friend, please contact our helpful advisors today.
Advantages Of Using No Win No Fee Lawyers
You may want to know more about the benefits of using the services of our panel of No Win No Fee cycling accident solicitors. The benefits include:
- No hidden costs. In a Conditional Fee Agreement (formally known as a No Win No Fee agreement), the solicitor will inform you of all of the potential charges before you agree to their services.
- Not paying your solicitor’s fees at the beginning of the claim or during the claims process.
- Only paying your solicitor’s legal fees when a settlement has been reached.
Your solicitor’s legal fees come out of your compensation as a small, legally capped percentage. This can make the process of claiming with the help of a solicitor more financially beneficial as it means you only have to pay your solicitor’s fees upon a successful settlement.
Call Our Cycling Accident Solicitors Today
Don’t just rely on a bicycle accident compensation calculator. Our advisors are experienced in cycling claims, so they’ll be able to tell you in one phone call if you’re eligible to receive cycling claims compensation. Furthermore, our advisors are available 24/7 and can even give you an estimate for a cycling compensation claim.
Additionally, they can put you through to our panel of cycling accident solicitors who can work your case under a No Win No Fee agreement. Contact us today using the details below.
- Call us on 0330 0433679
- Access our ‘contact us‘ page online.
- Arrange a call back or access our claim online form
Further Resources
Please use the links below to learn more about bicycle accident compensation claims.
To learn more about the history of Cycling UK, please visit their website.
Have you suffered sprains and strains from a bicycle accident? If so, please refer to this NHS guidance.
If you’ve broken a bone and would like medical guidance, please refer to the NHS website.
We also have a bunch of guides on personal injury claims which you can read below:
- Road Traffic Accident Claims
- All You Need To Know About Road Traffic Accident Claims
- Fatal Car Accident Claims – How To Get Compensation
- Car Accident Personal Injury Claims Guide
- Could I Get Compensation After An Accident On A Bus?
- How To Claim For An Accident On Public Transport
- I Had An Accident On Public Transport, Can I Make A Claim?
- What Goes Into Making a Taxi Accident Claim?
Contact our advisors to learn more about whether you can claim and the benefits of using our panel of cycling accident solicitors.