Coach Accident

Coaches are considered to be one of the safest means of travel on are roads, they are considered a lot safer than cars and the drivers of these coaches have a duty of care towards there passengers to ensure there safety whilst on board.

Sadly however accidents involving coaches do happen and have the potential to leave you with serious personal injury due to the fact they can hold number of people and the scale of them. After a coach accident you could be left with head injury, spinal cord injury and broken or fractured bones as well as whiplash and serious lacerations. All of these injuries as well as all the potential injuries you could suffer due to a coach accident can seriously affect your life and alter the way in which you live your daily life as well as leaving you out of work meaning you are losing your earning used to pay your bills.

We are all more than familiar with the term tiredness kills but yet driver fatigue still remains the main cause of coach accidents. The EU legislations state that a driver must take a 45 minute break for every four and a half hours of driving that they do and coach drivers should do no more than 90 hours of driving every two weeks. In order to stop coach drivers exceeding these limits all coaches are fitted with a tachograph. This small round piece of technology monitors how long a driver has been on the road in order that they don’t exceed the hours stated in the EU legislations, however many professional coach companies put pressure on their drivers to meet unrealistic deadlines.

As a passenger on a coach you should always use the seatbelt provided as it may save your life. You should also remain seated at all times whilst on the coach, unless using the toilet facilities provided. You should also never exit the coach until it is completely stationary.

If you do find yourself facing a personal injury accident after becoming involved in a coach accident then you could be entitled to personal injury compensation. This compensation will cover your initial injuries, any medical expenses that you encounter and any loss of earnings that you experience from the time of your injury through to when you recover. This personal injury compensation will take the stress and worry away that surrounds money and payment issues after a personal injury accident that wasn’t your fault.

Here at Accident Consultantant we are experts in personal injury compensation claims surrounding public transport accidents, including coach accidents. We have already helped many people just like you gain the compensation that they deserve after a coach accident that wasn’t their fault.

At Accident Consultantant we specialist in no win no fee claims, meaning that in a successful compensation claim you keep 100% of the money that you are awarded with your solicitor fees and any additional expenses being paid by the losing parties insurance company.  

For more information about claiming compensation after a coach accident that wasn’t your fault then visit our main site Accident Consultant or if you would like to get a claim underway then call is today on 08081 68 69 70 or fill in our online claim form to the right of this page and one of our advisors will get back to you.