Motor Vehicle Accident Claims

Who Can Claim

If you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident in NSW, there are a number of circumstances in which you may be eligible to make a claim for personal injury compensation.

Other driver or owner at fault

If you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident and you can show that a driver or owner of a vehicle, other than you, was partially or completely at fault you can make a claim for personal injury compensation.

Any kind of road user can make a claim including a driver, passenger, pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist or pillion passenger.

If you were partly at fault in causing your own injuries, you may still be able to make a claim, but the compensation you receive will be less than it would have been if you were not partly at fault. Examples of where you may be partly at fault include:

• not wearing a seatbelt
• driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol
• travelling in a vehicle where you know the driver to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol
• driving at an unsafe speed
• not wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle or bicycle

If you were 16 years or older, and were completely at fault in the accident in which you were injured, you may not be able to make a claim for personal injury compensation.

Call us now for an obligation free chat and further information on incident/injury reporting procedures, making a claim for compensation, the benefits you may be entitled to, and resolving problems and disputes about compensation claims.