A crash victim has received £1.5 million in pedestrian accident compensation at the High Court in London.

Jenna Maher was severely injured while crossing the road as a teenager. She was struck down by a van in Feltham, west London. After the accident in 2001, she was left in a coma due to her head injuries. She suffered brain injuries which left her frontal lobe damaged and affected her functioning ability and memory.

The Blackpool Gazette is reporting that although she has recovered partially, allowing her to live a semi independent life, she still requires hours of care and support every day.

She has now received £1.5 million in compensation from the insurers of the van. They admitted to two thirds liability for the accident, a compromise both sides agreed to to avoid a costly High Court trial. The settlement was approved by Mrs Justice Sharp.

The money will be used to pay for Miss Maher’s care needs for the rest of her life.

A Welsh bus company based in Cardiff has paid out £850,000 in accident claims over the course of the last two and a half years. That works out at an average of £340,000 a year.

WalesOnline is reporting that the highest payout made by Cardiff Bus, was just short of £30,000. This was split between a number of people who suffered whiplash injuries when a bus collided with their car.

More commonly, claims are made for passenger injury compensation after people have slipped or fallen on buses. A spokesperson for the company stated that the firm use CCTV footage from inside the bus to confirm if claims or genuine or not.

In total, the company was involved in 1,877 incidents in the two and a half year period between January 2008 and June 2010. Of these, 521 involved passengers on the bus, while 101 involved pedestrians or cyclists on the streets.

Cardiff Bus carries up to 28 million passengers a year.

A biker is looking for a successful end to his motorcycle accident claim after losing his leg in a horrific road traffic accident.

Martin Stephens was riding his Honda motorbike around Hampshire back in September 2007 when the accident happened. While travelling around Church Crookham, a BMW driven by Robert Siddall pulled out of a side road into his path and a collision ensued.

Mr Stephens was rushed to hospital with injuries to both of his legs. His right leg was amputated below the knee, and his left leg was shattered, requiring metal pins inserted for stability. He still suffers from pain, and has suffered from bouts of depression.

Mr Stephens has made a compensation claim against Mr Siddall’s insurers, who have admitted liability for the smash. However, the two sides are in dispute about the amount of compensation due.

It is being reported by Get Hampshire that he is seeking compensation of more than £300,000 for his injuries. This would cover his loss of earnings, as he has been unable to work since the accident. It would also cover the costs of a specially adapted car and house adaptations, as well as a range of suitable prosthetic limbs.

A woman has hinted she may try and make a cycle accident claim after injuring herself by cycling in tram rails.

Joanna Arendt was cycling along Princes Street in Edinburgh when the accident happened. The wheel of her cycle got stuck in a rail laid for trams in the city, and threw her off. She banged her head, but luckily she was wearing a helmet and that protected her head from injury. Unfortunately though, her arm and leg were injured in the incident. Her arm is so badly swollen that medical staff are not able to tell if it is broken yet.

She has now reported to the Edinburgh Evening News that she is considering legal action over the accident. She claims that Transport Initiative Edinburgh – which is managing the setup of the city’s tram system – should have done more to warn cyclists of the dangers of the tram lines. This would include putting up warning signs, which several cycling groups have already called for.

Transport Initiative Edinburgh have responded by insisting that they have already undertook initiatives to improve cycle safety. These include special training classes that demonstrated safe ways to deal with the tracks.

A man from Cumbria is seeking motorcycle accident compensation after suffering serious injury due to hitting a pothole.

Paul Quayle was travelling down Ormsgill Lane in Barrow when the accident occurred. He was riding his Kawasaki 750 bike when he turned the corner onto Park Road and immediately hit a pothole. The hole was so big that he lost control of the bike and fell. Despite suffering serious injuries, Mr Quayle was indeed lucky, the accident could have been a lot worse if he hadn’t managed to swerve out of the way of an oncoming van.

Mr Quayle suffered broken ribs and a suspected broken collarbone. He is still waiting to discover if he needs surgery and is still in hospital. The North-West Evening Mail is reporting that he now intends to claim compensation from Cumbria County Council. However, the legal liability regarding pothole accidents is complicated. Cumbria Council has a hotline to report road defects and regularly inspects roads to check their condition. If the road has been inspected adequately and the defect was not there, and the hole had not been reported prior to the accident, Mr Quayle may struggle to prove the Council responsible.

A man is making a cycle accident compensation claim after being cruelly pushed off his bike.

News Shopper media group is reporting that Derek Hill was cycling down Carlyle Road in Thamesmead, London when he was pushed of his bike. He claims that the car slowed alongside him, and the front seat passenger leant out of the window to knock him off.

Mr Hill suffered serious injuries in the incident, including head injuries and a broken hip. He spent three weeks in hospital recovering from the ordeal, while the car involved drove off without stopping.

His head injuries have left him with epilepsy, and he was made to retire from his engineering job due to his impaired mental abilities. He has also been told he can not cycle again, an activity which he greatly loved.

As the driver and passenger of the car have remained untraced, he is making a claim for compensation through the Motor Insurers Bureau. The MIB compensate victims of crashes with uninsured/untraced drivers, whether they are a motorist, passenger, pedestrian or other road user.

Two women have been found guilty of staging a car crash to falsely claim road traffic accident compensation.

Katie Ashcroft and Jodie Jackman arranged with an unknown man to crash their cars into each other so that they could make a fraudulent insurance claim. They both pleaded guilty to committing fraud at Manchester Magistrates Court recently. The Court heard how both women had fallen into debt and had dreamed up the idea to try and pay this off.

An unknown man organised the crash which resulted in both their cars being written off. Neither woman took part in the crash however. Afterwards both girls, and friends and family who wrongly declared they were passengers in the cars made personal injury claims to the relevant insurance company.

The scam was only uncovered when Ms Jackman was suspended from her job and an investigation into her emails occurred. They found incriminating messages describing the planning of the accident to Ms Ashcroft. By this time they had already received £6,620 and £4,200 respectively in insurance payouts.

They were both given 12 week prison sentences but these were suspended for a year. They were both electronically tagged and will have to pay the money back. The Judge is reported to have taken into account the women’s regret over the incident, their financial circumstances and the fact they were not ‘career criminals’.

A man has lost his motorcycle accident claim after he alleged the accident was caused by a bus.

Anthony Brookes was travelling down Scotsdown Road in Aberdeen on his way to work when the accident happened. He claimed that a bendy bus overtaking a line of traffic on the other side of the road caused him to swerve to avoid a collision and he crashed.

The scooter fell upon his leg in the incident and he has damaged nerve endings in his foot. He now uses the help of a stick to get around and cannot work in his job as a security guard. He recounts how since the crash, his wife has left him and he has gotten deep into debt.

He was attempting to claim £13,000 in compensation for the accident but the Court has ruled against him. It decided that it was satisfied that the driver of the bus had done nothing wrong, and that Mr Brookes could have easily slowed or stopped to avoid a collision.

Mr Brookes has expressed how he believes that he will struggle to pay his mortgage payments without the money and that he may become homeless as a result. His lawyers have informed him that an appeal against the decision would not be wise.

Jason MacIntyre was tragically killed when a Highland Council van drove into him while he was on a cycle ride on the A82. Jason was an accomplished cyclist who was the Scottish 25-mile time trial champion and was in line to represent his country at the next Commonwealth Games.

A fatal accident enquiry has deduced that the accident was in no way Mr MacIntyre’s fault. The outcome was that the accident was caused by the driver of the van failing to keep a proper look out of the road. He was fined £500 and banned from driving for 6 months.

It was recommended that Jason MacIntyre should have been wearing a helmet at the time of the collision and wasn’t. However, it was noted that even if he had of been wearing one, the nature and severity of his injuries meant that a helmet would not have saved his life.

Highland Council has also taken on board suggestions to build a traffic island at the junction where the accident occurred to stop vehicles from cutting the corner.

Mr MacIntyre leaves behind a wife and twin daughters. His family are seeking cycle accident compensation from Highland Council and the van driver for the loss of support from their breadwinner, husband and father. They are seeking in the region of £500,000 in damages.

A man has received £1.4 million in motorcycle accident compensation after being knocked off his moped.

Keith Barker-Platt from Penge, Greater London, was seriously injured in the smash back in 2005. He was thrown from the moped after he was ran into by a car driver. He suffered severe head injuries and brain damage which have left him with serious problems living an everyday life. He has physical and cognitive problems which have taken away the independence he used to have. His wife Beverley now cares for him and he relies on her to move around. Keith had to spend six months in hospital recovering from his injuries.

He was awarded £1.4 million pounds in compensation from the insurance company of the other vehicle involved. The amount takes into account the severity of his injuries and the fact that he is no longer able to work. His wife and three sons received small payouts as recompense for the care they have given to their father since the accident occurred. Fifty nine year old Keith received the payout at the High Court in London last Monday after a decision by Judge Justice Eady.