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Compensation claims for pedestrians
Alexander Harris are handling a number of legal cases involving pedestrians struck by vehicles including cars, vans, wagons, motorbikes and buses. These cases can often involve children and the elderly. The circumstances of road traffic accidents involving pedestrians vary and include situations where drivers have not seen pedestrians; pedestrians have crossed the road between traffic and where vehicles have been travelling too fast for the road conditions or area. Pedestrian casualties arising out of speeding drivers can sometime result in a criminal prosecution for the driver.

Pedestrian injuries may range from relatively minor bumps and scrapes to more severe orthopaedic or soft tissue injuries and can range up to maximum severity cases such as spinal cord or brain injury.

Who is to blame?
Often cases involving pedestrians may involve an element of contributory negligence on behalf of the pedestrian who has stepped out into the road. However the extent of contributory negligence, if any, will depend upon the particular circumstances of the accident.

Road users' duty of care
Drivers have a duty to take reasonable care to avoid causing damage or injury to others using the road. Drivers must, under the Highway Code, adjust their driving to the circumstances they find themselves in, taking into account weather, road conditions, weight of traffic and likelihood of pedestrians or children crossing the road. Generally, cases of negligence are pursued but there are circumstances where a driver may breach a particular statute, for example where a pedestrian is knocked down whilst using a designated pedestrian crossing, as the traffic laws are designed to protect pedestrians.

If you believe that you might have a legal claim relating to Road traffic accidents involving pedestrians , please complete the online enquiry form or call 0870 024 0558. Your enquiry will be forwarded to a solicitor who specialises in Road traffic accidents involving pedestrians .

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