Wollongong Car Accident Solicitor - Injury Compensation Claims NSW

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Our Wollongong car accident solicitors understand that your immediate goals after going through the trauma of a road accident are to get your medical bills paid, make sure you do not suffer financially through any lost income, and make sure that your future treatment expenses relating to your injury are covered.

When you choose our personal injury solicitors to represent your best interests in a road accident case, you will be treated with respect and benefit from our solicitors’ strong reputations as tough advocates of injured people's rights.

Our service provides free legal advice to persons injured in motor vehicle and transport accidents throughout Wollongong and surrounding areas. Call our free helpline, complete our Contact Form or send an email to receive legal assistance.

Car Accident Compensation

Any person who is injured in a car accident especially when it was not their fault, can take legal action against the driver at fault. There are many types of injuries and associated expenses that can arise from a car accident including medical, pharmaceutical, and hospitalisation.

Minor injuries such as strains and bruises usually resolve over time. Musculoskeletal injuries may be helped with physiotherapy and the occasional use of pain killers. However severe injuries may require intensive treatment, including surgery, and take longer to heal.

Often the injured person is left with a residual disability (or permanent impairment) and their ability to work, to enjoy life and to participate in hobbies and other activities is affected. In cases involving spinal cord injuries such as paraplegia or quadriplegia, additional nursing care and domestic assistance is needed with activities of daily living.

Psychological trauma may also result, including depression, traumatic flashbacks of the accident, nightmares, and anxiety attacks when exposed to the feared situation.

The law recognises that an injured person should be compensated for any injuries, loss or harm suffered as a result of another person’s negligence. If you would like free legal advice as to how you can claim motor accident compensation for medical expenses, loss of income, impairment and pain and suffering, call our legal team today.

Making A Claim

Our legal team takes on claims on a No Win No Fee basis. If you instruct one of our specialist car accident solicitors to act for you, they will fully advise you of your legal rights under the law. Our solicitors will gather the necessary evidence in your case (including police reports, medical reports) and prepare and lodge the necessary paperwork on your behalf.

There is only a short window of time after an accident wherein the law will allow an injured person to commence legal action. Any type of claim arising from a car accident should therefore not be delayed. Our solicitors can advise you of the time limits applicable in your case.

Drivers

As a driver of a motor vehicle involved in a crash where someone is injured or killed, you are required by law to provide the following details to any other driver or person injured in the crash (or their representative):

Your name and address.
The name and address of the owner (registered operator) of the vehicle being driven by you.
Your vehicle’s registration number.
Any other information necessary to identify your vehicle.

This information should be provided at the scene of the accident or as soon as possible. You should also let any other driver or person injured in the motor accident know the CTP (compulsory third party) insurer for the vehicle being driven by you. You should not admit liability or promise payment.

The CTP insurance scheme covers personal injury compensation claims made by injured road users. As an injured driver, you may claim compensation from the insurer of the owner/driver of the 'at-fault' vehicle (if negligence can be established). If you were partly liable for causing the accident, you can still claim compensation but the compensation you are entitled to will be reduced to reflect your share of liability.

If, due to the circumstances of the accident you are unable to identify the at fault vehicle, or if the at fault vehicle doesn’t have CTP insurance, compensation may still be available through the Nominal Defendant.

Passengers

If you are a passenger injured in a car accident, you should seek medical treatment straight away even if your injuries don’t seem serious at the time. This is not only medically sound advice, it is important to help the passenger receive fair compensation for his or her injuries once liability has been determined.

Passengers are usually blameless victims of car accidents, and therefore are usually entitled to the full amount of compensation for their injuries. However, if it is proven that the passenger contributed to the severity of their injuries by not wearing a seatbelt or knowingly participating in the reckless behaviour that caused the accident, then the passenger will be awarded a reduced amount of compensation.

Pedestrians

Pedestrian accidents can be caused by a variety of factors, including situations where the pedestrian is partly to blame for example, when attempting to cross a road through traffic, whilst drunk or under the influence of drugs. In other situations, the pedestrian is entirely the victim of another road user’s negligence for example, when a pedestrian is on a footpath and is struck by a motor vehicle that mounts the footpath.

Cyclists

The most common cause of fatal road crashes involving cyclists is the failure of cyclists and other road users to observe each other on the road. For cyclists, their visibility remains a key safety issue. Cyclists riding on rural roads are particularly at risk of being run over by motor vehicles travelling from behind.

Motorcyclists

Motorcycles are far more likely to be involved in a single vehicle crash than are cars. Contributing factors in single vehicle crashes include excessive speed and rider error. However poor road surface conditions contribute to at least one in five single vehicle motorcycle crashes. Lack of appropriate warning, poor sight lines, potholes, loose gravel and uncovered drainage pits are all potential hazards.

No Win No Fee Personal Injury Lawyers

Our specialist personal injury lawyers will work on a conditional agreement such as a No Win No Fee claim, so that you will not pay for the services that they have offered you. If you were injured in a road accident as a driver, passenger, motorcyclist, cyclist, or pedestrian or if you have lost a family member through a road crash, you should seek legal advice immediately to ensure that your rights are full protected. Strict time limits apply with motor accident claims, so do not delay.