Motorcycle accidents occur for a number of reasons and one of these reasons is faulty parts, or badly fitted parts. If you have been involved in a motorcycle accident and you were not at fault you should consider making a claim against the party whose negligence caused your crash. In many cases a claim will be entered into which is made against another road user such as the driver of a car, a bus, a lorry and so on. However, it is also possible to make a claim against a mechanic. Whether your accident involved another vehicle or not, but the accident is found to be due to a faulty part, you may be able to make a successful claim for compensation against the mechanic who supplied or fitted the part in question.
How Do I Make A Claim?
First things first, make sure you get to hospital or doctor’s surgery and get well! If you have any injuries your health is always the first priority. After this, you may wish to consider claiming. Contact a specialist motorcycle accident lawyer. They will have the knowledge to give you the best advice regarding your claim. They will let you know if you have the grounds to make a successful claim and they will also guide you through every stage of the claiming process. Instructing a specialist lawyer will give you the best chance of winning your compensation claim.
You should make sure you keep a detailed recorded of your injuries if you can. Do this in the form of diaries and photographs. This will ensure that you have the best possible body of evidence to give to your lawyer. This will all serve to help substantiate your claim. Part of the compensation amount you will be awarded with will be calculated on the extent of your injuries so ensuring that this is calculated correctly is vital.
Also write down a detailed record of what happened as soon as possible, you could also add to this with photos of the scene if you have them.
Finally, make sure you make the claim within the correct deadlines. A personal injury claim must be made within 3 years of the accident date. However, it is always advisable to make a claim sooner rather than later as your accident will be a fresh and vivid memory in your mind at this point. Your injuries will also be at their most prominent.
Contact Us
Two of Freeman Harris’ team ride motorcycles and are specialist in personal injury law. They will be able give you specialist advice about your faulty motorcycle part compensation claim. All initial enquiries are free of charge, call 020 7231 7150 or fill in an online enquiry.