If you or a loved one have been injured in an accident that wasn't your fault, you may be entitled to seek compensation. The amount of compensation will depend on your individual circumstances, including the nature of the accident and the injuries you sustained. This often begs the question, 'What is classed as a serious injury when claiming compensation?' While there is no strict legal definition, there are several factors that can lead to an injury being treated as 'serious' under the law.

A spinal injury after a car accident can be devastating and life-changing. In the days and weeks that follow, you may be facing pain, reduced movement, hospital appointments and uncertainty about what your recovery will look like. For some people, the effects are temporary. For others, a spinal cord injury can result in permanent, life-changing effects to their mobility, independence, work, relationships and home life.

If you’ve experienced life-changing injuries after a road traffic accident or road traffic collision (RTC), you may be considering a personal injury claim and wondering how much compensation you could receive.

A head injury can change your life in an instant. While they vary in severity, even a relatively minor head injury can lead to ongoing or long-term effects. If you were injured in an accident that wasn't your fault, you may be entitled to compensation that can address any physical and financial costs related to your injury, and the way head injuries are classified can influence the level of compensation you may be entitled to. Learning more about the different types of head injuries can also enable you to seek the medical care you need.

Facing life after an amputation will involve adjusting to serious changes to your daily routine. The physical recovery will demand a lot of time, rehabilitation and adjustment, and the emotional recovery can take a lot longer. Where possible, a compensation claim is often the best way to get the time and space you need to heal properly and overcome the emotional impact. If you were injured in an accident that wasn't your fault, or required an amputation due to medical negligence, compensation can cover lost earnings, long-term care, rehabilitation, prosthetics and home or vehicle adaptations.

If you have been involved in an accident, and especially if you've banged your head, it can be hard to know what to expect in terms of symptoms, or what they might indicate. While a serious head injury can have immediate and lasting consequences, many symptoms appear straight away, while other symptoms take hours, days or even a few weeks to show up. In the most serious scenarios, the problem can get worse because the injured person is not aware of any early symptoms.

A serious injury at work can change your life in an instant. You may be dealing with pain, hospital appointments, time away from work, lost earnings and uncertainty about whether you’ll be able to return to work. In the most serious cases, a workplace injury can lead to long-term disability, or a need for ongoing treatment, which can bring major changes to your day-to-day life.

A serious or catastrophic injury can leave you facing long-term pain, suffering and significant financial losses. You may lose earnings when you take time off work to recover, or need to pay for private treatment, physiotherapy or counselling. People who experience life-changing injuries often need to make expensive adaptations to their homes or vehicles to accommodate a newly acquired disability, and to restore their quality of life. The personal injury claims process is designed to enable you to recover compensation that will take all of this into account, and help you to move forward following complex and life-changing injuries sustained in an accident that wasn't your fault.