Road Traffic Accidents
Compensation agreed for magistrate crash victim
19th June 2013
One of the victims of the so-called 'Coffee Costa crash' that happened in April last year has agreed a six-figure compensation sum out of court. The now infamous crash involved then... Read more
Dangerous driving charge for NI man after hit-and-run
10th June 2013
A 23 year old man from Londonderry in Northern Ireland has been charged with dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm, driving without a licence, and failing to remain at the... Read more
NI crash driver was under influence of drink and drugs
31st May 2013
A Northern Ireland motorist who died in a road crash that also claimed the life of one of his passengers was over the legal alcohol limit, and was under the... Read more
10 yrs jail for driver who killed married cyclists
23rd May 2013
A man has been given a 10 year prison sentence for causing the death of a married couple that he knocked off their tandem bike while trying to evade the... Read more
Survey shows support for new learner driver rules
23rd May 2013
A survey carried out by road safety charity Brake and Direct Line suggests that 84 per cent of drivers would support the introduction of a minimum learning period for new... Read more
Twitter boast by hit and run driver alerts police
22nd May 2013
Police are investigated a claim that a woman knocked a cyclist off his bicycle on the strength of a bizarre tweet the driver herself made after the accident. The tweet, by... Read more
Twice as many NI road deaths in 2013
25th April 2013
The number of deaths as a result of road traffic accidents in Northern Ireland in 2013 is currently double the amount over the same period in 2012. There have been 17... Read more
Driver who killed woman requests jail
18th April 2013
A 22 year old man who knocked over and killed a young mother told the judge that he wanted to go straight to jail, passing up the possibility of being... Read more
Quarter of NI road deaths involved drugs
3rd April 2013
New figures have been released which show that a quarter of the motorists, including motorbike riders, who died on the roads of Northern Ireland over the last three years had... Read more
Gov to tackle young driver accident rates
26th March 2013
A meeting between transport ministers and representatives of the insurance industry took place yesterday, with the express purpose of considering how to tackle the high rate of road traffic accidents... Read more
1 in 3 company cars involved in a road accident
25th March 2013
Road traffic accidents involving employees driving as part of their work are the biggest cause of accidental deaths in the 'workplace', and employers are being urged to do more to... Read more
NI car crime victims sued by police
19th March 2013
It has been reported by the BBC that some victims of car theft in Northern Ireland are being sued by police officers who were injured during the retrieval of the... Read more
Survey reveals bad driving in icy conditions
15th January 2013
A new survey has revealed the bad driving habits in winter conditions that result in so many road traffic accidents at this time of the year. Released by road safety charity... Read more
NI road traffic accident deaths at record low
4th January 2013
There were 48 fatalities as a result of road traffic accidents in Northern Ireland in 2012 - the lowest number since records began, and a decrease of 11 from 2011. Commenting... Read more
£23m compensation for teenager in car crash
20th November 2012
Compensation totalling £23million is to be paid out to a teenager that was left paralysed after a road traffic accident that caused the death of her mother. The car crash occurred... Read more
NI campaign tackles road traffic accidents
19th September 2012
A new road safety campaign in Northern Ireland highlights that 95% of fatal crashes involve human error, and should not be called 'accidents'. The graphic television advertisement being used in the... Read more
Solicitors urge proper debate on whiplash
1st May 2012
President of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, Karl Tonks, has called on the government to have a proper debate about the real issues surrounding whiplash claims, saying "whiplash injuries... Read more
£5m compensation for road traffic accident brain damage
23rd February 2012
The High Court has approved compensation totaling £5million to be paid to a 6 year-old girl named Cerys Edwards who suffered severe brain damage in a road traffic accident when... Read more
Cameron sides with insurance companies over injury claims
14th February 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to tackle rising insurance premium costs, not by questioning the profits of the multi-million insurance business in the UK, but by introducing a number... Read more
One whiplash claim every min in the UK
13th January 2012
There were approximately 554,000 whiplash claims throughout Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK in 2010-11, accounting for 70% of all injury claims arising from road traffic accidents. There has... Read more
Fatal road traffic accident down to icy roads
20th December 2011
Teenager Annabel Laws, aged 17, is the first person this year to be killed in a road traffic accident in icy conditions in the UK. Annabel was in the rear passenger... Read more
Crash victim told broken neck was whiplash
13th October 2011
A man who suffered a broken neck in a road traffic accident was told he had no serious injuries and sent home by hospital staff after they had completed a... Read more
Road Traffic accidents: Rear-end bumps increase
18th May 2011
New research by insurance company Admiral has revealed an increase in the number of rear-end bumps, which made up 27% of all road traffic accident claims received by the company... Read more
Belfast car accident victim wins £1million claim
15th November 2010
A journalist who suffered significant brain and head injuries when a car hit him as he crossed the road in Newtownabbey, a suburb north of Belfast, has been awarded... Read more
iPods and mobiles behind increased road accident deaths
7th October 2010
Road safety campaigners 'Tune into Traffic' say texting and listening to iPods while driving are to blame for an increase in fatal road accidents, particularly among younger drivers. So significant... Read more
Law Society scheme to protect road traffic accident victims
5th July 2010
The Law Society of Northern Ireland has created a new Road Traffic Accident Claims Advice Service to respond to the increasing practice of injured parties being approached by Claims Management... Read more
?3.5million for boy hit in 30 mph zone
2nd July 2010
Jamie Webb, aged seven, was awarded a £3.5million settlement for injuries sustained in a serious road traffic accident while running across the road just outside his home. The legal speed... Read more
Wife sues husband after car accident
24th May 2010
A woman, Carol Coleman, has agreed an out of court settlement after suing her husband for injuries suffered in an accident while he was driving and she was a passenger. The... Read more
Flashing bicycle lights legalised
29th December 2009
Cyclists in Northern Ireland can now use flashing lights legally. The devices have been legalised by minister for transport Noel Dempsey, the Irish Times reports. "Most people using the lights,... Read more
Study finds parents ignore child seat safety
30th September 2008
A study has found that one in six drivers was found to be breaking the law regarding child car safety seats, it has been reported. Without adequate car seats the... Read more
Legal changes 'will crack down on uninsured drivers'
10th September 2008
Proposed changes to the law to make driving without insurance a more difficult offence to avoid have been touted.Graeme Trudgill, technical and corporate affairs executive at the British Insurance Brokers'... Read more
Road deaths in Northern Ireland 'unacceptable'
18th June 2008
The death toll from road traffic accidents in Northern Ireland is "unacceptably high", it has been claimed.A report carried out by the Criminal Justice Inspection has found that the quality... Read more
Post-traumatic study due this month
9th June 2008
The 'world's largest' study on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is due to be published this month, Legal & Medical magazine reports.Moving Minds, a psychological services provider, told the publication that... Read more
Employers 'must protect loneworkers'
4th June 2008
Employers, including those in Northern Ireland, have to ensure that members of staff who go out on their own are protected, the chief executive of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust told... Read more
'Jumbo jet's worth of people killed at work every fortnight'
25th April 2008
Enough people die at work to fill a jumbo jet every two weeks, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).This is due to a failure to... Read more
Consult solicitors in Northern Ireland over road rage accidents
9th April 2008
More than 7.4 million drivers in the UK have been involved in road rage incidents, according to MoneyExpert.com.One in six drivers has been involved in an incident in the last... Read more
NI warned of wintery roads
3rd March 2008
Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland should be on alert for clients claiming for unexpected road traffic accidents after forecasters have predicted a change in the weather.While solicitors are unlikely... Read more
Snow set to hit Belfast
30th January 2008
Solicitors in Northern Ireland should be prepared for a rise in road traffic accident claims after wintery weather is set to cause hazardous driving conditions, with snow expected in Belfast.Some... Read more
Drink-driving levels up over Christmas
24th January 2008
It is likely that solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland saw a rise in cases of road traffic accidents in the New Year after the number of people drink-driving in... Read more
Potholes cost a third of a million
24th January 2008
Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland have secured nearly a third of a million pounds in compensation for victims of potholes on the province's roads over the last three years.Drivers... Read more
No compensation for bike victim
10th January 2008
Solicitors in Northern Ireland have failed to win compensation from the Motor Insurers' Bureau for the victim of a hit-and-run accident in Belfast because of a legal loophole.An unnamed teenage... Read more
Cyclist awarded compensation
8th January 2008
Solicitors have secured over half a million pounds in compensation for a Canadian cyclist who was injured in a road traffic accident in Northern Ireland.Martine Samray was injured in an... Read more
Weather causes dangerous driving conditions
4th January 2008
Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland have been put on alert for road traffic accidents, as the weather in the province causes treacherous driving conditions.Although careful drivers should remain safe... Read more
NI road deaths fall to 60-year low
3rd January 2008
Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland had to deal with fewer cases of road deaths than at any time during the past 60 years.Only 112 people died on the roads... Read more
£3.5m for PSNI crashes
2nd January 2008
Solicitors in Belfast and the rest of Northern Ireland have secured nearly £3.5 million in compensation for road accidents caused by the police over the past five years.The Police Service... Read more
NI considers jail for chatty drivers
27th December 2007
Solicitors in Northern Ireland could see the number of cases of road traffic accidents fall if motorists in the province are put off using their mobile phone while driving by... Read more
Drink driving charges fall
18th December 2007
Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland may have to deal with fewer cases of road traffic accidents where the accused has been intoxicated, after the number of drink drivers caught... Read more
Death toll on NI roads hits 100
11th December 2007
It seems that the number of road traffic accidents that solicitors in Northern Ireland have to deal with will not be reduced after underinvestment on the province's roads was revealed.Regional... Read more
NI motorists warned over driving behaviour
4th December 2007
Motorists in Northern Ireland have been told that they need to take a look at their own driving behaviour. Northern Ireland environment minister, Arlene Foster, has called on drivers to... Read more
Work-related road accidents hidden
22nd November 2007
Solicitors in Northern Ireland may be ignorant as to the number of road traffic accidents which involve drivers who were working at the time if they listen to the police,... Read more
Half of NI motorists drink and drive
19th November 2007
The number of road traffic accident victims that solicitors in Northern Ireland must assist could be increased by the fact that nearly half of all Ulster motorists admit to have... Read more
Ministers consider cut to NI drink-drive limit
24th October 2007
Solicitors in Northern Ireland could see fewer people claiming compensation for alcohol-related road traffic accidents, after the government revealed that it was considering cutting drink-driving limits in the province.Currently the... Read more
New driving laws to jail careless killers
23rd October 2007
New legislation is set to come into force in Northern Ireland, which orders that reckless drivers who kill or seriously injure others could face up to five years in prison.... Read more
Fat drivers told to buckle their belts
16th October 2007
Solicitors in Northern Ireland who deal with road traffic accident cases may see an increasing trend of the people they are claiming against on behalf of their clients being obese.According... Read more
Motorbike accidents double
26th September 2007
Following solicitors dealing with nearly double the number of road traffic accidents caused by motorcyclists since last year, Northern Ireland is set to get stricter tests for learner motorbike drivers.Northern... Read more
Millions invested in road safety scheme
25th September 2007
Solicitors could see a fall in the number of clients from the Larne area claiming for road traffic accidents, as the Northern Ireland Executive has announced that £2.1 million has... Read more
Dangerous driving habits revealed
18th September 2007
Solicitors in Britain and Northern Ireland may have to deal with more road traffic accident victims, as 68 per cent of motorists have dangerous driving habits, a new survey has... Read more
NI road crash figures clash
4th September 2007
Solicitors may see more cases of claims for road traffic accidents than the police could estimate after figures released by Northern Ireland's Audit Office show a much higher toll than... Read more
UK should catch up on drink driving
16th August 2007
Solicitors could see fewer cases of road traffic accidents caused by drunk drivers if recommendations made by the British Medical Association (BMA) come into force.The BMA said that the legally-allowed... Read more
Council not negligent over icy road
9th August 2007
After a claim against a council over icy roads was quashed, a solicitor has said that the ruling will have personal liability implications for local authorities across Britain and Northern... Read more
Licence age to be driven up
6th August 2007
Solicitors in Britain and Northern Ireland could see fewer cases of claims involving road traffic accidents caused by young drivers, as the government is proposing raising the minimum legal driving... Read more
Seatbelt dodger retains compensation
4th July 2007
A man from East Yorkshire has been told he will receive most of his compensation claim for a road traffic accident, which left him paralysed, even though he was not... Read more
Road traffic accidents driven down
3rd July 2007
Solicitors will hopefully see fewer cases of clients having to claim compensation for road traffic injuries, as the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that the number of road traffic... Read more
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