You can claim damages for a multitude of public transport injuries. Any operator, driver, conductor or supporting staff on public transport, owes you the passenger a duty of care throughout the entire journey. Any injuries caused by a bus/taxi driver braking too hard, passengers falling from their seats, braking without giving the passengers time to take a seat is seen as negligence of this duty.
A claim can be made through the public transport provider’s public liability insurance or policy of motor insurance. Any public transport provider is liable for the actions of their employees and is insured against any injuries sustained by passengers as a result of their driver’s negligence.
If you sustained an injury as a result of an attack from another passenger, you may make a Criminal Injuries Claim for personal injury compensation.
You must take note of the registration number, and route of the bus/coach you were travelling on after an injury has taken place. If you were in a taxi, then get the vehicle registration number, taxi company name and address, and the name of your driver. If you are a passenger in a vehicle licensed for public transport, you can claim for personal injury through, the transport provider’s public liability insurance. Like most personal injury claims, the compensation received entirely depends on the severity of the injury and the impact it has had on your day-to-day life as a result.
How we can help
Lestons have specialist teams who deal with claiming compensation from such insurance companies, most public vehicles are now fitted with CCTV and we can request the footage to determine blame, if there was fault by the driver then we would seek to recover your costs to ourselves from them.
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