Train Accidents

Trains are one of the main forms of public transport for numerous people across the UK. Everyday millions of people step foot on trains and normally never encounter a problem. However accidents on trains do happen when they should have been avoided.

Across the last few years alone there have been many train disasters that have shocked and affected many people across not only the UK but the world. One of these train disasters happened on May 10th 2002 when at least seven people were killed and 70 more were injured after the WAGN 1245 service from London to Kings Lynn crashed at Potters Bar in Hertfordshire. In this case three out of four carriages derailed and one of them ploughed along a platform before smashing into a bridge. This train accident happened only a few miles from the Hatfield rail disaster in 2000.

Hatfield was the scene of a fatal train accident in which four people died and 35 were injured when a GNER London to Leeds train that was travelling at over 100mph derailed at Hatfield. This train accident was the result of a broken rail, to which the railway staff knew of but failed to repair.

When train accidents occur the passengers that are affected encounter serious personal injury that can seriously affect their lives and run the risk of leaving them unable to work.

Due to the fact that train services do not provide safety features such as seatbelts as well as the high speeds that trains travel at, having a train accident can cause devastating results. The risk of serious injury is extremely high; passengers can suffer  serious lacerations from broken glass, traumatic head and back injuries due to being thrown around the train as a result of high impact as well as becoming victims of whiplash and broken/fractured bones.

Train accidents should be avoided through safety checks that should be carried out before a journey starts. The train should be inspected for possible lapses in safety and any repairs should be carried out before the train leaves the station, mistakes made whilst repairs are being carried out can result in accidents. As well as repairs to the trains themselves, the railway tracks need to be inspected on a regular basis. Most train accidents occur as a result of the train derailing. If the railway line isn’t inspected on a regular basis and a major problem is over looked the results will be devastating.

If problems are found on railway lines they must be repaired straight away before any trains make a journey on them. There are several things that can go wrong along a railway line, tracks can bend, railway beams that line the tracks can break and the fixtures holding the tracks together have the possibility of becoming loose.

Becoming involved in a train accident can leave you with high financial loses due to being out of work and could leave you needing extra care. This is where personal injury compensation can help. Accident Consultant are experts in no win no fee personal injury compensation claims.

Accident Consultant are experts in compensation claims and have many years of experience in dealing with no win no fee personal injury claims that involve all types of public transport claims, including those involving train accidents.

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