By Jo Anderson. Last Updated 4th January 2024. Are you looking for answers to the question, ‘Can I claim compensation after a driver ran over my foot?’ If you have been injured in an accident at work or in a road traffic accident, continue reading this guide to learn about the criteria of eligibility that must be met to make a valid claim.
The pain and suffering caused by a foot injury could impact different aspects of your life. For example, you may be unable to walk, which could affect your ability to work and earn an income, leading to financial problems. For this harm, you could be eligible to receive reimbursements if the injury was caused by third-party negligence.
To make a personal injury compensation claim, a third party must have breached their duty of care, resulting in your foot being run over by a car. In this guide, we discuss who could have owed you a duty of care at the time and place of the accident. Also, we will look at the type of evidence you can gather to prove the negligence of the party at fault.
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Driver Ran Over My Foot Compensation Claims Guide
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- Could I Claim If My Foot Was Ran Over By A Car?
- Injuries You Could Suffer If Your Foot Was Ran Over
- Work Vehicle Foot Injuries
- How To Prove Your Claim If Your Foot Is Run Over By A Car
- How Much Could You Claim If A Driver Ran Over Your Foot?
- Make A No Win No Fee Claim If A Driver Ran Over Your Foot
Could I Claim If My Foot Was Ran Over By A Car?
If a car ran over your foot, this may not automatically lead to a personal injury claim. Your eligibility to claim compensation would depend on whether someone else breached their duty of care towards you, causing your injury. All road users have a duty of care towards each other, including pedestrians. To uphold this duty, road users must abide by the Road Traffic Act 1988, and follow the Highway Code.
In order to seek personal injury compensation after a pedestrian accident, you need to prove:
- You were owed a duty of care.
- This duty was breached.
- You were injured as a result.
To check whether you are eligible to claim compensation for a car that has run over your foot, please contact our team. One of our advisors can answer any questions you might have, such as “A driver ran over my foot, how much compensation could I receive?”.
How Long Do I Have To Claim Compensation After My Foot Was Run Over By A Car?
As previously stated, you could suffer various injuries due to dangerous driving, such as a sprained ankle or broken foot. Regardless of whether your foot was run over by a forklift or a car, you only have a certain amount of time to make your claim. These time limits can be found in the Limitation Act 1980, and you generally have 3 years to start your claim from the date you were injured due to a car being ran over your foot.
However, there are certain exceptions to these time limits, such as:
- People who lack the mental capacity – Those who lack the mental capacity to make a claim for themselves will have 3 years to start a claim if they regain this mental capacity. If not, the time limit is suspended, and a court-appointed litigation friend could make a claim on their behalf.
- Minors – If your child has been injured, they will have 3 years to start their claim once they turn 18. Or a litigation friend could make a claim for them before this point.
Contact one of our advisors today if you have any questions about starting a personal injury claim if your foot was ran over by a car. They could provide a free claim analysis and inform you whether you could be eligible for compensation. If they believe you may be, they could connect you to our experienced solicitors who could help you with your case.
Injuries You Could Suffer If Your Foot Was Ran Over
You may like to know what injuries you could suffer if just your foot was ran over by a car. These include:
- Traumatic amputation. You may suffer an injury, such as a severe crushing that results in surgical amputation, or an infection may develop that requires amputation. This can be of one or more toes, part of the foot, or the entire foot.
- A crush injury. These can include broken bones, nerve damage and soft tissue injuries. They may result in permanent mobility problems.
- Broken bones, such as fractured metatarsal bones, or a fractured ankle.
- Serious degloving injuries. These can cause infections.
- Minor injuries could also occur. These included a sprained ankle, cuts and lacerations as well as bruising.
Call our advisors for free advice if you suffered foot injuries caused by a driver’s negligence. They’re available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to answer your questions.
Work Vehicle Foot Injuries
A busy construction site or warehouse environment may require vehicles to carry and lift goods. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a body dedicated to the improvement of workplace health and safety. They provide guidelines on the safe use of vehicles at work, where they discuss the duty of employers to carry out vehicle maintenance within the correct time frame.
Potential vehicle accidents that could occur in a workplace may include:
- A forklift driver makes a mistake and drives the vehicle over another worker’s foot, who was unloading goods from the forklift at the time. This happened because they were not properly trained to operate the vehicle.
- An employee fails to look around or take due care while driving a work vehicle. This results in them driving over the foot of another employee.
How To Prove Your Claim If Your Foot Is Run Over By A Car
If you have suffered an injury due to a driver running over your foot, and you are eligible to make a personal injury claim, you will need to gather evidence that supports your case. The types of evidence you are able to collect may depend on the unique circumstances of your case. However, some examples of the evidence you could collect include:
- Medical evidence – For example, you could request a copy of your medical records that state your injury and what treatment you received for it.
- Video footage – for example, this could be CCTV footage.
- Witness contact details – If anyone witnessed your accident, they may be able to provide a statement at a later date.
One of our solicitors could assist you in gathering the relevant evidence to support your claim. To see if you could be eligible to work with one of them, you can contact our advisors. They can also help answer any questions you may have, such as ‘How much compensation could I receive if a driver ran over my foot?’.
How Much Could You Claim If A Driver Ran Over Your Foot?
You may wonder, ‘What amount of compensation could I be eligible to receive in the event a negligent driver ran over my foot?’ There are two potential heads of a successful personal injury claim: general damages and special damages.
General damage compensates for the pain and suffering caused by your injuries. The Judicial College guidelines (16th edition, updated in April 2022) provide compensation brackets for various foot injuries. We have used these to create the table below as a guide to general damages. Legal professionals also use this document to help them value personal injury claims.
| Injuries | Details of the Injuries | Compensation Bracket |
|---|---|---|
| Combination of serious injuries causing pain, suffering and financial expense/loss. | A combination of serious injuries that lead to severe pain and suffering and costs such as care costs, home adaptations, and loss of earnings, for example. | Up to £1,000,000+ |
| Foot Injury – Amputation of Both Feet (a) | Regarded similarly to below the knee amputations of both legs due to loss of an ankle joint | £169,400 to £201,490 |
| Foot Injury – Amputation of One Foot (b) | The person will have lost one foot. Similarly to the bracket above, the loss of the ankle joint will mean the injury is regarded similarly to below the knee amputation. | £83,960 to £109,650 |
| Foot Injury – Very Severe (c) | The injury will result in a really serious and permanent disability or severe pain. This could be caused by traumatic amputation of the forefoot, for example. | £83,960 to £109,650 |
| Foot Injury – Severe (d) | Fractures affecting both feet or heels causing substantially restricted mobility and permanent considerable pain. | £41,970 to £70,030 |
| Foot Injury – Serious (e) | This bracket covers injuries of a lesser severity than in the bracket above. However, there could be continuing pain caused by traumatic arthritis. | £24,990 to £39,200 |
| Foot Injury – Moderate (f) | Displaced fractures to the metatarsals (bones in the forefoot) causing continuing symptoms and permanent deformity. | £13,740 to £24,990 |
| Foot Injury – Modest (g) | Simple metatarsal fractures, puncture wounds and ruptured ligaments causing continuing symptoms; for example pain, aching or a permanent limp. | Up to £13,740 |
| Toe Injury – Amputation of All Toes (a) | This bracket will consider whether the amputation was traumatic or surgical as well as whether the person’s mobility will be affected. | £36,520 to £56,080 |
| Toe Injury – Amputation of the Great Toe (b) | The person’s great toe will have been amputated. | In the region of £31,310 |
The first entry is not reflected in the JCG.
In addition to general damages, special damages could be awarded to compensate for financial losses resulting from your injuries. It’s important to retain evidence which proves that your injuries meant you incurred costs. This can include:
- Wage slips to show a loss of earnings
- Medical records showing expenses
- Travel tickets
- Invoices for adaptations to your home, such as support rails or a ramp.
- Proof of care costs
Please speak to a member of our team to ask, ‘What compensation could I be eligible to receive for a claim after a driver ran over my foot?’
Make A No Win No Fee Claim If A Driver Ran Over Your Foot
It is not a requirement to use a solicitor to make a personal injury claim after a driver ran over your foot. However, a legal professional could prove beneficial to help you build and put forward a complete claim.
Furthermore, you could opt to enter into a Condition Fee Agreement (CFA) with a solicitor, which is a type of No Win No Fee agreement. This allows you to benefit from working with a solicitor without having to make any upfront or ongoing payments for their services. Additionally, you won’t pay for the services of a solicitor in the event that the outcome of your claim is unsuccessful.
On the other hand, a successful claim will see a solicitor deduct a small percentage of the compensation, called a ‘success fee’. The law caps this amount.
Speak to our team of advisors to learn more about using the services of a No Win No Fee solicitor.
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Learn More About Claiming If A Driver Ran Over Your Foot
Please take a look at more of the articles on our website that could provide useful information related to your claim:
- Accident in A Warehouse Claims Guide
- £82,000 Compensation Payout For A Foot Fracture, Including A Fractured Heel – Case Study
- £45,000 Compensation Payouts For A Broken Metatarsal – Personal Injury Claims Case Study
Below we have included some external sources for you to explore:
- The Crown Prosecution Service – Driving Offences
- NHS – Advice after a foot fracture
- HSE – Workplace transport safety
That you for reading this guide. We hope to have provided some answers to the question, ‘Can I claim compensation if a driver ran over my foot?’
