car accidents

Driving at Night

by Five Fantastic Lawyers™ January 12, 2011 Claims Solicitors

There is a widely popular misconception that driving at night is less dangerous than during day and it is less likely to cause car accidents. Many drivers choose to exceed the speed limit when driving at night, as there are seemingly less cars on the road and therefore less chance for a car accident to […]

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Technical advancements to prevent car accidents

by Five Fantastic Lawyers™ December 21, 2010 Compensation Lawyers

There are car accidents which occur due to technical faults in the vehicle, road debris, weather conditions and animals on the road. However, the majority of car accidents occur due to driver negligence and human error. With developments in modern technology, several improvements have been created to “protect drivers from themselves” and to reduce the […]

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Potholes and car accident risk

by Five Fantastic Lawyers™ December 17, 2010 Compensation Lawyers

A pothole is a kind of disruption of a road, where some of asphalt has been damaged, leaving a bowl shaped hole in it. These can be up to 10 inches deep and are usually caused by the wear-and-tear as well as weather and general fatigue of the pavement surface. For most of the drivers, […]

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Road Traffic Accidents in the Winter

by Five Fantastic Lawyers™ December 15, 2010 Claims Solicitors

Severe winter weather causes very dangerous road conditions and greatly increases the risk of road traffic accidents. Weather conditions such as heavy rain, fog, snow, sleet and blizzards can reduce visibility and ice on the road can create a very dangerous road surface. Although most drivers will reduce their speed in these conditions and be […]

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Car accidents and young male drivers

by Five Fantastic Lawyers™ December 9, 2010 Law

Any car accident where people suffer from injuries which may cause a prolonged disability or even cause death, is devastating, but it is even more tragic when people who suffer in these car accidents are of a young age. To address this issue a FMY (For My Girlfriend) campaign was launched and is now re-launched […]

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Emotional stress and driving

by Five Fantastic Lawyers™ December 2, 2010 Law

Car accidents can often be caused by factors of domestic nature- a couple, parents and children or friends arguing in a car may quickly become a hazard on the road as they are in an emotionally unfit state to drive and risk getting involved in a car accident. The driver of the car who is […]

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Driver fatigue and car accidents

by Five Fantastic Lawyers™ November 24, 2010 Law

Driver fatigue or tiredness is a cause for one fifth of car accidents and is responsible for around 300 deaths per year in UK. Driving when tired after having little or no sleep, is extremely dangerous, if you fall asleep behind the wheel and cause a car accident, you are 50% more likely to die […]

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Unnecessary distractions whilst driving

by Five Fantastic Lawyers™ November 19, 2010 Law

Any kind of distraction can cause a car accident. Often drivers will not be able to stop this, that is, in the cases when the source of distraction comes from the outside. However, there are distractions that driver can bring upon himself for example: talking on a mobile phone. In addition, there are distractions of […]

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Airbag injuries in car accidents

by Five Fantastic Lawyers™ November 9, 2010 Law

An airbag is a safety device which is supposed to protect us in a case of a car accident, yet it can cause injuries, usually relatively mild, but in some occassions the injuries may be quite severe. Activated air bags can inflict severe eye injuries, including blindness, even in minor car accidents. Other injuries include […]

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Bicycle Accidents

by Five Fantastic Lawyers™ November 5, 2010 Law

Bicycle accidents are very common and can be caused by dangerous conduct of both cyclists as well as drivers. For car drivers, it is important to consider several facts in relation to cyclists in order to avoid car accidents. First of all, dangerous turning should be avoided- when taking an impatient turn, the driver may […]

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