Many car accidents happen every year. Often through no fault of your own. For example, because you are wrongly not given priority. But a rear-end collision or frontal collision is also common. If you suffer damage because of the collision, you can claim compensation from the liable party. The question, however, is how to claim personal injury if you have been hit by a car. (Dutch: aangereden door auto) What can you do yourself and why can you hire a personal injury lawyer?
Personal injury due to a car accident
A car accident often results in more than just car damage. For example, after a rear-end collision you can suffer whiplash (Dutch: whiplash) or an unpleasant fracture. As a result of this injury, limitations arise, for example at work or at home in your household. Damage may then occur, such as loss of income or damage in the household because someone else has to take over your household duties.
If a third party is at fault for a collision, you can claim compensation. But this is not easy. On the other side, you will deal with a personal injury lawyer from an insurer. This person will do everything possible to keep the personal injury compensation as low as possible.
A personal injury lawyer can help you recover your personal injury. But this personal injury specialist does need your help with this. A personal injury lawyer needs information to successfully file a personal injury claim. But what can you do yourself to claim your personal injury compensation?
What to do after a car accident
What can you do yourself after a car accident to recover your personal injury damages? Firstly, it is important that you complete a damage collision form. You can put the necessary information on a claim form that is required to recover personal injury. This includes the name of the counterparty and the insurance details of this person. You then know exactly where the other party is insured. After all, in many cases it is the insurer who will pay the compensation.
Unfortunately, there is often discussion about the circumstances of the car accident. This way, the other party can argue that it is not he but you who are to blame for causing the car accident. Then it is important that you have witnesses to the collision. Therefore, always ask witnesses if they want to make a witness statement. This allows you to prove the cause of a collision that you claim.
What does a personal injury lawyer do?
Is there a completed claim form and has the cause of the collision been established? Then a personal injury lawyer can recover your personal injury damages from the liable person. This is done by means of a liability claim.
The liability statement states what happened and what injuries you sustained as a result of the car accident. In addition, the damage items are identified and the personal injury lawyer will interrupt the limitation period. Ultimately, after negotiating the amount of the personal injury compensation, the personal injury lawyer will recover your personal injury from the person liable.
Claiming personal injury is therefore not as easy as it may seem. However, together with a personal injury lawyer, you can often successfully recover damages after a car accident.