Whiplash related car accident injuries

When it comes to common car accident injuries, whiplash has traditionally been at the top of the list in terms of the number people who suffer it each year in motor vehicle accidents where they were not to blame.

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A whiplash injury typically affects the area around the neck, shoulders and back. However there are also a number of other road accident injuries that can affect the same area of the body, and that in some cases might be mistaken for whiplash. Some of these injuries can be much more serious than a whiplash injury.

Neck injury with similar symptoms to whiplash

A sudden, sharp impact, of the type which might cause someone a whiplash injury can in some cases cause a more serious injury. An example of this is a damaged or fractured vertebra bone in the neck.

The vertebrae are the bones of the spine, which support the head and provide protection for the spinal cord which runs though the centre of each vertebra. There are seven individual vertebrae in the neck, and the impact of an accident can be enough to cause one or more of them to become fractured.

A fractured vertebra is in an injury with potentially very serious consequences; even a minor hairline fracture might mean having to wear a neck brace for several weeks. A more serious fracture could pose a risk of damage to the spinal cord, and someone with this type of fracture might require surgery to stabilise the bones.

It is not only the individual bones in the neck that can cause an injury that might be mistaken for whiplash. Vertebrae are separated from one another by a disc of cartilage which allows the bones to move smoothly over one another. These cartilage discs can also become damaged or even dislocated by the force of a road accident.

Unlike a fracture or a whiplash injury, the dislocation (or herniation as it is sometimes known) can take place gradually in the months after an accident, becoming steadily more painful and debilitating for the person affected.

Compensation for whiplash-like injuries

Here at Camps Solicitors our claims advisors will always advise someone suffering from neck pain after a road traffic accident to seek immediate medical attention for their injuries. Generalised neck pain can often disguise a number of potentially very serious injuries that should be properly diagnosed and treated by a medical professional.

For more information on some common neck injuries and the likely compensation figure for these injuries, go to our neck injury compensation guide here.

If you have suffered a neck injury in an accident on the road, either as a driver or a passenger in a motor vehicle or as a cyclist, contact Camps Solicitors to find out if you can make an injury claim. Our neck injury lawyers will look at each case on its own merits, and if we decide to take your claim on, we won't ask you to pay us a penny for our services.

Call 0800 092 8586 to start your whiplash or neck injury compensation claim.