Foot injury compensation pay-outs

Need advice about foot injury compensation pay-outs as a rider who has been involved in a motorbike accident? We can help you.

As we usually say, without the protection a car offers, riders are often more seriously injured in accidents. Injuries to limbs like the feet can be common from either the impact of the initial collision, or the impact along the ground.

The only way to properly value a motorbike accident compensation claim is with specialist medical evidence. As part of the legal case process, we can obtain this. For rough guidance based on information we use with the medical evidence, read on.

How we value cases: IMPORTANT

It’s important to consider that the proper way to value foot injury compensation pay-outs is with specialist medical evidence.

Not only that, but we can only give you rough ideas based on official guidelines for the injury alone, known as General Damages. In some cases, the bulk of the compensation package is made up of Special Damages, which covers losses and expenses.

If you can no longer work for the rest of your life, you could claim lost earnings until retirement. This is important to bear in mind when looking at average amounts for the injury alone, as they could feel small in serious injury cases.

When you then add on the Special Damages, pay-outs can be substantial.

Average foot injury compensation pay-outs

Average minor foot injury compensation pay-outs, according to the official guidelines we use, are roughly as follows:

• Minor soft tissue foot injuries: up to £2,000.00;
• Simple fractures where recovery completes: up to £6,000.00;
• More severe fractures where there’s a more lasting impact: up to £12,000.00.

More severe foot injury compensation pay-outs

When it comes to serious and severe foot injury compensation pay-outs, the best course of action is to speak to our Serous Injury Claims Team. It can be hard to slot yourself into the applicable bracket in a case like this, and as a reminder, these averages only cover the injury pay-out alone. The losses and expenses claim can be substantial.

The guidelines say:

• Displaced metatarsal fractures leaving continuing problems and symptoms and need for surgeries: up to £22,000.00;
• Traumatic injuries leaving a victim with some deformity and prolonged problems, and potential need for future surgery: up to £34,000.00;
• Severe injuries, such as double heel of foot fractures and permanent problems, or where extensive surgery required including fusion surgery, and ongoing disability: up to £61,000.00;

When we consider even more severe injuries that lead to amputation, we’re talking brackets extending up to £170,000.00 for the injury pay-out alone.

What to do

For tailored advice about your foot injury compensation case as a motorbike rider injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault, contact our team for help.