This type of claim can cover any form of motor driven transport including car, bus, train, plane, boat and so on.

Many people are not aware, that if they are injured in an accident, they may be entitled to compensation, dependent on the situation. This claim is made on the Third Party Insurance company of the driver who caused the accident.

Even if the other driver was not insured, or you don't know their full details, you may still be able to make a claim for personal injuries compensation.

If you have suffered physical and/or psychological injury due to:

• a collision with or as a result of avoiding collision with another motor vehicle; or
• an out-of-control motor vehicle; or
• the negligence of the other driver; or
• A defect in the drivers motor vehicle that caused the accident while being driven;

then you may be entitled to compensation. The cause must be wholly or partly by the wrongful act or omission in respect of the motor vehicle by a person other than the injured person.

If you were a passenger you may have a claim against the driver of your car or the other car.

If you were the driver of a vehicle in the accident, the most important question would be, who caused the accident to happen.

On occasions where the accident was caused by negligence on the part of each driver, you may still have claim for compensation.

There are strict time constraints applying to this type of claim. At times, they can and do vary in each state or territory of Australia.

You must act quickly in order to preserve your rights. Contact a Personal Injury Lawyer in the area nearest you as soon as possible. We invite you to access our SEARCH facility on the home page of this site, where expert help and advice is on hand to assist.

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