Leg Injuries | Leg Injuries - Up to £170,000 |
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Leg injuries are typically defined in one of 3 categories; amputations, severe injuries and less serious injuries. The high end of this compensation award could apply where both legs are lost above the knee (total loss, up to £170,000), partial loss up to £80,000 (one leg). Serious injuries including de-gloving and gross deformity up to £80,000. Injuries involving long periods of trauma etc, arthodesis / hip replacement up to £32,000. Simple fractures and less serious injuries £5,000 - £17,000. Scaling down to the lower levels of compensation, simple fractures and soft tissue injuries can see compensation ranging up to £5,000 |
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Last year over 258,000 people were injured as a result of road traffic accidents; with over 32,000 individuals having been killed or seriously injured. Of these over 13,000 were car users, 7,000 pedestrians, 6,000 motorcyclists and 2,000 were cyclists. These figures are down on the previous year but still alarmingly high. |