How To Make A Bus Accident Claim Successfully

By Author: VIKRAM KUMAR
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When it comes to personal injury claims involving motor vehicles, most people think of cars being involved first, rather than trucks or buses. Even school buses are not immune from accidents, and if you think about the interior of these vehicles, it is no wonder that so many accidents occur, every single year. For every dozen car accidents, there is at least one bus accident claim made, where multiple passengers have been injured due to either mechanical failure, an unavoidable accident involving another vehicle, or negligence upon the part of the driver or owner of the bus. If this happens to you, you need to know what can be done on your behalf to protect your rights.

Buses: an accident waiting to happen

If you have ever been on a bus, whether it be a school bus or public transportation, you know that they are not exactly the safest vehicles around. Unlike a car, there are no seat belts, no air bags, none of the state-of-the-art safety devices that you will find on any other vehicle in use on the roads today. Any sudden stop by the driver, and, unless you are braced for it, you will slide, slip or fall.

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... the average coach accident claim, people are injured because they fell off the seat, tripped climbing into the bus, slipped and fell out of the bus while exiting, or got injured while clinging to a strap on a very crowded bus. While these injuries may sound actionable to you, they may not always be viable for a personal injury claim. Your solicitor would be the best judge of whether or not you have a valid claim, but he will need your help to determine the worthiness of your claim.

The accident environment

Before your solicitor can make a coach accident claim, he will need to determine exactly how you were injured on the bus. To do this, he will need to know everything you can remember before you were injured, as well as after. Was there a lot of traffic that day? Did the driver seem distracted, or inattentive to his passengers or the traffic around him? What was the driver’s reaction when you fell? Did he offer any assistance to you, or was he uninterested as to whether you were injured? These kind of things can help your solicitor to build the best case he can in order to make your personal injury claim.

Other details your solicitor will need should also include any medical records concerning your injury, and, if the authorities were involved, then he will also need a copy of the accident report that was made. He will also need to know whether or not the insurance company of the bus company that owns the bus has contacted you, or offered you a settlement before making your claim. Public transportation companies are often self-insured and try not to settle any claims before court proceedings are issued. Always talk to your solicitor as soon as possible before evidence such as CCTV footage are destroyed by the bus company.

Author Bio.

People are injured on public transportation on a nearly daily basis, but many will not think about making a Bus accident claim. If you feel that you were injured due to negligence on the part of the driver, then Balinda And Company are willing to help you make a Coach accident claim, and get you the compensation you deserve.