How To Make An Activity Centre Personal Injury Claim

Last updated 31st October 2024. This guide will explain how to make an activity centre personal injury claim for compensation. Moreover, we will explain how to claim compensation for a child’s accident. Generally, some companies that provide adventure activities to young persons under 18 have to abide by The Activity Centres (Young Persons’ Safety) Act 1995 and the Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 2004. The regulations require the companies to undergo inspections and hold a licence.

This guide will look at when accidents that cause an injury at an activity centre, could mean the injured party is eligible to claim compensation. Please get in touch with Accident Claims UK to enquire about claiming compensation. If you or your child have legitimate grounds to claim, one of our solicitors may off to handle the case on a No Win No Fee basis.

To see if you can begin your claim, please contact us today. Call our claims helpline on 0800 073 8801. Alternatively, contact us today about making an activity centre injury claim.

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What Is An Activity Centre Personal Injury Claim?
Health And Safety In Activity Centres
How Could You Be Injured In An Activity Centre?
Causes Of Accidents In Activity Centres
How Much Could You Claim For An Accident At An Activity Centre?
Get Help With Your Activity Centre Personal Injury Claim

What Is An Activity Centre Personal Injury Claim?

Indoor activity centres and outdoor activity centres are places where people can participate in adventure sports. Such centres do not just cater for children there are plenty of activity centres that are based around adults.

However, under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, those in control of spaces open for the public to use have a duty of care to the people who use their premises. Therefore, activity centres are responsible for the health and safety of patrons and people who take part in their activities. This means that the controller must take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of those onsite. Of course, not all spaces can be 100% safe. So, activity centres must carry out regular risk assessments and implement health and safety procedures to prevent accidents.

Under the following instance, you may be eligible to make an activity centre personal injury claim:

An activity centre owed you a duty of care.
The activity centre acted negligently, which led to an accident.
As a result, you suffered an activity centre personal injury.

To see if you can claim compensation for a leisure accident, please contact Accident Claims UK today.

Health And Safety In Activity Centres?

Activity centres owe their users a duty of care. Moreover, when certain activity centres offer specific activities to young people under the age of 18, they should abide by the following legislation:

Under the legislation, the following activities require a licence. These are trekking, caving, climbing and watersports. The activity centres need to have their safety management systems inspected. And activity centres must provide instruction to participants.

Moreover, employers also have a duty of care to their employees in preventing them from being avoidably injured at work. The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 states that employers have a duty of care towards their workers. So, if a worker has an accident at work because the employer acted negligently, they may be eligible to make an activity centre at work injury claim.

If you are the parent or guardian of an injured child, you can act as a litigation friend. Therefore, you will claim compensation on your child’s behalf.

How Could You Be Injured In An Activity Centre?

The following accidents can cause injuries in an activity centre. If you have been injured, due to negligence, you may be eligible to make an activity centre personal injury claim. Let’s look at some common causes of injuries.

Slips And Falls

Hazards on the floor can cause slip or trip and fall accidents. For example, if there is a spillage is on the floor, patrons and employees can slip and fall. Moreover, if gym and exercise equipment is left on the floor, passers-by can trip and injure themselves. Slip or trip injuries can cause broken bones, head injuries or back injuries.

Faulty Equipment

Faulty equipment can cause serious activity centre accidents. For example, faulty diving equipment can cause drowning incidents. Moreover, faulty wall climbing equipment (such as pulleys that hold safety ropes) can cause falls from a height. Consequently, a participant could be seriously injured.

Swimming Pool Accidents

Swimming pool accidents can happen if the facility is mismanaged. For example, a lifeguard may fail to notice a non-swimmer out of their dept. Or a swimming pool may not have the correct signage to show where the deep end begins. Therefore a non-swimmer could potentially drown.

Causes Of Accidents In Activity Centres

The following acts of negligence can cause activity centre accidents:

Faulty equipment
A lack of proper safety equipment
Poor instruction
Instructors are not properly qualified
An object is not properly stored and falls from a height
Spillages or hazards on the floor

Here are activities that indoor activity centres and outdoor activity centres offer:

Climbing wall
Sports centre
Quad biking
Kart racing
Biking
Archery
Swimming
Water-sports
Indoor skiing
Indoor snowboard

How Much Could You Claim For An Accident At An Activity Centre?

If an activity centre personal injury claim is successful, the compensation could potentially be made up of two heads of claim. These heads of claim are called general and special damages. General damages are awarded in all successful personal injury claims while special damages are only awarded in some.

General damages provide compensation for the physical and psychological effects of your injury. As such, here are some factors that are considered under this head of claim:

Loss of amenity.
The pain severity.
The predicted length of recovery.

At some point during the claims process, you may be asked to attend an independent medical assessment. The reports from this can be reviewed alongside the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) by legal professionals while they calculate your general damages.

The JCG is a document that contains guideline compensation brackets for all kinds of physical and psychological injuries/illnesses.

Guideline Compensation Table

In the table below, there are some injuries that could potentially be suffered from an activity centre accident. Their accompanying guideline compensation brackets have been taken from the JCG (except for the top figure).

Please bear in mind that if you have a successful activity centre injury claim, none of these figures can be guaranteed because every claim is unique.

Type Of Harm Suffered	Compensation	About The Injury
Multiple serious injuries and special damages	Up to £500,000+	Compensation for sustaining multiple serious injuries and financial losses, such as lost wages and travel expenses.
Severe (ii) injuries to the neck	£80,240 to £159,770	Injuries which involve cervical spinal disc damage or a serious fracture. This could lead to someone becoming disabled.
Facial Disfigurement	£36,340 to £118,790	Severe scarring and a serious impact on the person's mental well being.
Moderate (i) injuries to the hips or pelvis	£32,450 to £47,810	A significant injury affecting the pelvis or hips. This does not cause any major permanent disability.
Serious (b) injuries to the achilles tendon	£30,500 to £36,720	There has been a complete division of the Achilles tendon. This has been repaired successfully, though there is residual weakness.
Moderate (c) ankle injury	£16,770 to £32,450	Torn ligaments, bone fractures and similar injuries leading to less serious disabilities in the ankle. This may mean it is harder to walk on uneven ground or stand/ walk for long periods.
Moderate (i) injuries to the knee	£18,110 to £31,960	Knee injuries such as a tear of the meniscus, cartilage or dislocations. This could lead to weakness, minor instability and wasting. There could be a mild disability in the future.
Fractured forearm bone (d)	£8,060 to £23,430	Simple bone fracture of the forearm.
Less serious (ii) injuries to the leg	£11,120 to £17,180	A (simple) fracture of the femur bone. There is not any damage on the articular surface.

Special damages

Special damages provide compensation for the financial effects of your injury, such as any:

Loss of earnings if you need time off work to recover.
Medical bills.
Travel expenses to and from medical appointments.

To receive special damages, you should provide evidence of your injury’s financial impacts. Such evidence can be in the form of payslips, invoices, receipts, and bank statements.

Get in touch with us today to find out more about how activity centre injury compensation is calculated.

Get Help With Your Activity Centre Personal Injury Claim

Accident Claims UK can help you if you wish to claim compensation for an activity centre accident. We can offer you free legal advice. Furthermore, if you are eligible to claim, our solicitors can handle your case on a No Win No Fee basis.

What Are The Benefits Of Making A No Win No Fee Claim?

Firstly, No Win No Fee solicitors do not ask for any moneys upfront. You will pay a success fee if the outcome of your claim is successful, instead.
Secondly, there is less financial risk. You will only have to pay a success fee if you win your claim.
What’s more, the fee is deducted from your compensation payment at a legally capped rate.

Please contact us about making an activity centre injury claim today.