SOME GENERAL CAR ACCIDENT STASTISTICS

STAT19 gives the most definitive access available on road accidents based around the reports of coroners and registrations of deaths and home office data on motor offences and provide us with an infrastructure to surround our typology of car road accidents before we can put car accident claims to the test.

The latest report of the STAT19 which is undertaken by the Government under its Road Safety Strategy is dated to 2009 and reports 39 000 recorded hospital admissions from road traffic accidents for the year with 21 000 police records following reported accidents.

These high numbers of car accidents explain the huge numbers of car accident claims which usually follow any traffic accident. 

There is a reported 222 146 reported road accident casualties listed for 2009 that’s 4% less than in the year before, with  2  222 being fatally killed casualties, 12% less than in 2008 and 24 690 casualties seriously injured, again less than in the year preceding it by 5%. Finally the rest of the casualties was made up 195 234 slightly injured that being 4% less than in the year before. These figures show reductions in all areas of car accident casualties which should tally to a changing number of car accident claims being pursued.

Delve further back to 1994-1998 and considering that traffic rose by 15% within that period then there is great signs of any government improvements to tackle the problem of road traffic prevention in the time period of being a success. In comparison to the figures reported for the period 1994-1998 the number of fatally killed car accidents was 38% higher than in 2009. The number of seriously injured casualties was up by 44% than in 2009 with the slightly injured at 37% higher with the biggest change in both figures being 61% of a hike in 1994-1998 of the number of seriously injured casualties.

These figures which reflect the number of car accident claims coming forward reflect that the £15.8billion that the government has implemented in its road accidents prevention schemes is working wonders. Some of this cost was spent on drink driving lobbying public awareness campaigns which was deemed relevant if we consider the 17% of all road accident fatally killed casualties are involved in drink driving accidents where one of the vehicle drivers has known to be drunk.

Who has been injured in a car accident is also relevant to your car accident claims and where you were at the time you were injured, in relation to the vehicles involved, such as whether you were a driver, a passenger, a pedestrian a motorcyclist, a cyclist, or whether you were a customer as in a passenger in a taxi or a bus. Statistics in this area show some improvements in the number of accidents injuring car occupants down by 16% in 2009 than in 2008 with accidents involving pedestrians down by 13% also for the same time.

All this shows that there are constant improvements being made in reducing the number of road accidents on UK roads although 4 out of 5 of these accidents which result in car accident claims are caused by human error or just a display of bad driving including any of the ones listed here:

HUMAN DRIVING ERRORS AND GENERAL POOR DRIVING

Driving too fast and surpassing speed limits

Not being 100% alert or attentive when looking around which accounted for 38% of all road accidents reported in 2009

Not breaking effectively or fast enough or just not breaking at all

One of the vehicles not giving enough stopping distance, a careless mistake

Drivers ignoring traffic signals or common road signs

Drivers not controlling their vehicles justly which accounts for 36% of all fatal accidents being caused by drivers having encountered a loss of control during the accident.

Tiredness, drivers being tired and not taking a break and fallen asleep en route is a common cause of road accidents

Distractions, the human error of using mobile phones or any other gadget or item is being a constant cause of road accidents

All of these are common known causes of road accidents and are commonly listed by complainants of car accident claims.

Claiming following an accident is a viable way of claiming any financial aid which you may be entitled to considering the accident which you have been involved in and the injuries which you may have received in addition to any financial loss you may have sustained as result of the accident, More so if the accident was not your fault and was a direct result of the weather or the misfortune of travelling on one the known accident hotspots or one of The Most Dangerous Roads in UK as reported by The Road Safety Foundation. The top ten roads named account for 10% of all road accidents and 50% of all road accident fatalities include A621, the A5012 being second and the A537 between Cheshire and Derbyshire as the most dangerous road. No doubt a great proportion of all car accident claims ever submitted will have been from the many casualties of these accidents on the dangerous roads.

Wherever you are travelling it is wise to Be Safe when taking a journey, check you cars in top form checking tyres, headlights and windscreen and radiator are all functioning correctly, and ensure that you practice safe driving in bad weather conditions. Be Prepared of unpredictable weather and when possible you must carry emergencies with you such as first aid kits, a working torch, jump leads and warm dry clothes and a pair of willies just in case.

Even after taking every precaution it is unpredictable as to whether you will encounter a car accident, car accident claims are there for you if you do fall prey to an accident. IF in the event you do encounter an accident you must admit any car accident claims promptly.