Pedestrian’s Right to Claim Compensation for Injury

Pedestrian accidents in the UK have become rampant as the nation’s roads are getting increasingly crowded with vehicles.

Pedestrian accidents are more likely during the weekends during peak traffic hours from 3-8pm. The injuries and mortality chances increase when the speed of the car that hits the pedestrian is higher. While an adult has a endurance rate of 95% when the car that hits him has a speed of 30mph, a child that is hit by a car traveling at the same speed is more likely to die because he is corporeally and cognitively weaker.

Vehicle drivers are expected to be careful and ensure safety of pedestrians who are walking on the pavements or are crossing the road at crossings or traffic signals.

Hence if you have suffered a pedestrian injury you have the right to claim compensation for the injuries suffered, medical expenses incurred as well as loss of job due to physical incapacity. You should be able to prove at court that you have not been negligent;

It was the driver’s fault; you have taken all precautions like looking left, then to the right and then to the left before crossing roads, have been walking in the side of the road with vehicles facing you and have also used zebra crossings.