RTAs - Passengers

If you were injured in a road traffic accident in which you were a passenger and your injury was suffered as a result of someone else's negligence, you could be eligible to make a personal injury compensation claim. Regardless of whether you were a passenger in a privately owned vehicle or on public transport or a taxi, and whether you were in a car, van or motorcycle, personal injury claims can still be made against the person at fault.

Passengers in road traffic accidents are, unfortunately, just as likely to suffer injury as drivers, however it is less likely that they will be at fault. Therefore successful compensation claims for passengers can in many cases be more straightforward than for drivers, depending on the individual case. Reasonable care must have been shown by the passenger, such as wearing a seatbelt whether in the front or the back of the vehicle, not distracting the driver and when riding as a motorcycle passenger, wearing the appropriate safety clothing and a helmet. Should all reasonable care have been taken by the passenger and an accident occurs which was not their fault, then they could well be eligible to make a claim.

Suffering an injury as a passenger of a road traffic accident is of course just as traumatic as being injured as a driver. If you think you could claim compensation for your injury as a passenger in an accident, then contact Claim-Easy and benefit from our expert advice. We could get you on the road to a successful compensation claim.