Work Related Traffic Accidents
Your Eligibility to Claim Compensation for a Traffic Accident
Carrs Solicitors bring many years experience at winning road traffic accident compensation claims acting for professional heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers, motorcycle couriers and other professional drivers both against third parties, employers, and those responsible for loading and operating any commercial vehicles.
In the UK alone, there are an estimated 40,000 traffic accidents that are thought to be work related. According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, work related car, lorry and HGV accidents are the largest cause of occupational fatalities. In many of these cases liability can be established against the driver's employers as we can prove that the underlying cause of the accident was failure to adequately risk assess, maintain, load, train or plan journeys and deliveries.
Your road accident may be because you were pressured into driving when tired or in hazardous weather conditions. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the courts increasingly recognise the duties of commercial fleet operators to assess and manage the risks to which professional drivers are exposed and the liability for damages this creates in the event of a road traffic accident.
Even if you are not strictly employed as 'a driver', but you have to drive as part of your work, you may still be entitled to recover compensation in circumstances where we can establish that a work related car accident occurred because of breaches of your employer's legal duty of care.
Specialists in Work Related Traffic Accident Claims
Carrs Solicitors have many years experience in winning work related accident claims including claims relating to driving or road traffic accidents and cases where the employer has attempted to blame the driver. (We also act for many drivers injured during the loading/unloading or roping and sheeting process.)
Carrs Solicitors are paid by the insurers or by the Motor Insurers Bureau, so whether you win or lose your case, you will have no legal fees to pay.
Home visits can be arranged within 24 hours. Call to speak to a specialist Work Related Traffic Accident Solicitor about making a No Win No Fee claim on 0800 587 0746, or fill in a quick online enquiry form and we will promptly respond with a free assessment of your case.
Carrs Solicitors handles all types of accident at work compensation claims, not just claims for slips and trips. We can also help you claim compensation for forklift truck accidents, industrial accidents, warehouse accidents and work related chest diseases.


