Accident claims and personal injury blog

Two thirds of major roadworks to be suspended or completed for bank holiday weekend says Highways Agency
The Highways Agency has announced that two thirds of road works on motorways and major roads in England will be completed or temporarily suspended in time for the bank holiday weekend getaway. Good news for those of us hoping to get away this weekend. The move is expected to help to ease traffic… read more

Spacing of trees tricks motorists to reduce speed
A new approach to tackling speeding motorists is being trialled in rural Norfolk.  A selection of oak and hawthorne trees have been planted at the side of roads approaching the village or Martham, in an attempt to get motorists to subconsciously reduce their speed as they near the centre of the village.

The trees have been planted in a very precise… read more

United Biscuits employee’s fingers severed by industrial machine
Well known biscuit manufacturer United Biscuits, makers of McVitie’s biscuits, has received a £10,000 fine from the Health and Safety Executive after an employee lost her fingers in a mixing machine at its Halifax factory.

In a hearing at Halifax Magistrates, the court was told how the unnamed woman lost two fingers on her right hand when she attempted to clear… read more

Tragic accident at Crystal Palace claimed women’s life
Today marks a rather solemn anniversary – that of England’s first fatal car crash, which occurred 114 years ago today in Crystal Palace in south-east London.

Back in 1896 there were fewer than two dozen petrol powered cars in the UK.  Some of those vehicles formed part of a motoring exhibition taking place at Crystal Palace, including an imported Roger-Benz vehicle… read more

£200,000 fine for company after man crushed to death by empty wine bottles
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined a distribution company £200,000 after the tragic death of a Cornish vineyard owner, killed when a delivery of empty wine bottles fell from the tail lift of a lorry he was helping to unload.  The distribution firm, Gregory Distribution, was also ordered to pay the nearly £17,000 costs of… read more

Multiple vehicles crash at terminal three drop-off point
A crash involving 5 vehicles has taken place at Heathrow Airport’s terminal three.  The crash happened on Monday afternoon at a drop-off point outside the terminal.  Representatives from all three emergency services attended the accident.  Two people were reported as being injured in the crash, one with neck injuries and one with head injuries.  BAA, which operates the airport, said that the… read more

New device to be trialled at police stations within months
Police in England and Wales are soon to receive a new weapon in their armoury to combat drug-driving.  The new hand-held device will test for drugs in a way similar to that of the breathalyser which tests for alcohol by measuring the quantity in a person’s breath.  It is hoped that the new device, which will be introduced to all… read more