By Stephen Taylor. Last Updated 17th January 2025. If you’re looking to see if you can claim personal injury compensation for pain and suffering from an incident that wasn’t your fault, we could help. Our experienced panel of No Win No Fee solicitors could help you secure thousands of pounds in compensation. To see how much compensation you could claim, you can now use our personal injury pain and suffering settlement calculator.
You may have questions about the claims process, such as:
- How much should I settle for pain and suffering?
- How much is pain and suffering worth?
- What is the average payout for a personal injury claim in the UK?.
- How are personal injury settlements calculated?
Our 24/7 advisors offer free legal advice so, if you have any questions or queries, you can contact them at a time that works for you. You can call them using 0800 408 7826. For more information on using a personal injury calculator and how it could help you, please read on.
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Compensation For Pain And Suffering Settlement Calculator
You can find our pain and suffering calculator on our home page. However, you might find it useful to learn how compensation for pain and suffering is calculated.
If your personal injury claim is successful, there are two heads of loss that could potentially make up your pain and suffering compensation value. These heads of loss are called general and special damages.
General damages compensate you for the physical and psychological effects of your injuries, including the pain and suffering they have caused you. General damages are awarded in all successful personal injury claims.
Such factors are taken into consideration when general damages are being valued:
- Loss of amenity.
- Pain severity.
- Estimated length of recovery.
At some point throughout the claims process, you could be asked to have an independent medical assessment. The reports made from this assessment can be used alongside the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) by legal professionals to help them value your general damages.
The JCG is a publication containing guideline settlement values for different types of physical and psychological injuries.
Pain And Suffering Settlement Examples
In the table below, you can find some pain and suffering settlement examples for different types of injuries. These have been taken from the JCG (except for the top figure).
Please keep in mind that none of these settlement figures can be guaranteed for your claim. No two claims are ever the same. So, please only refer to this table as a guide.
Injury Severity Details Compensation Bracket
Multiple Serious Injuries Plus Special Damages Serious If you have valid grounds to claim for multiple serious injuries, then you may receive a compensation payout covering all of these as well as any related special damages, such as loss of earnings. Up to £500,000+
Back Injury Severe (i) Severe pain and disability caused by serious damage to the spinal cord and nerve roots. £344,150 to £493,000
Brain and Head Injury Moderate (i) Moderate to severe intellectual deficit, a personality change, an effect on sight, speech and sense with a high risk of epilepsy and no prospect of employment. £183,190 to £267,340
Leg Injury Amputations (iv) One leg is amputated below the knee. Whether the amputation caused complications or not, will affect how much is awarded. £119,570 to £162,290
Pelvis and Hip Injury Severe (i) Extensive pelvis fractures that dislocate the lower back joint and rupture the bladder. £95,680 to £159,770
Shoulder Injury Severe Involves damage to the brachial plexus and is usually associated with neck injuries. £23,430 to £58,610
Neck Injury Moderate (i) Dislocations or fractures that may require spinal fusion and cause immediate symptoms. £30,500 to £46,970
Arm Injury Simple (d) Simple forearm fractures. £8,060 to £23,430
Knee Injury Moderate (ii) Twisting or bruising injuries, or lacerations, that cause aching and discomfort. Up to £16,770
Special Damages
Special damages compensate you for the financial effects of your pain and suffering caused by negligent actions. Unlike general damages, special damages are only awarded in some successful personal injury claims.
Some types of financial losses you could suffer from a personal injury include:
- Loss of earnings.
- Medical bills.
- Professional and domestic care costs.
You must provide evidence, such as receipts, payslips, invoices, and bank statements if you wish to claim special damages.
To learn more about how pain and suffering compensation is calculated, please contact us today.
Types And Causes Of Pain And Suffering
Many incidents can lead to you wanting to use a personal injury pain and suffering settlement calculator. Particularly severe injuries can have a damaging effect on your life, and you’re more than within your right to see if you’re able to claim for the pain and suffering caused.
Below are examples of just some types of incidents that you would be able to claim for to better understand your own situation.
Accidents At Work
An accident at work can cause debilitating and difficult injuries to deal with, particularly if you work in manual labour. This can result in you being unable to work and, as such, can lead to financial difficulties.
Like with all personal injury claims, whether you can claim or not revolves around showing that someone else was negligent. Your employer has a duty of care to their employees to make sure they can work their role to the best of their abilities safely and securely. They would be liable for your injury if they were not ensuring this, and your injury was caused due to their negligence. Your employer’s duty of care is detailed in full in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
Examples of how your employer can breach their duty of care includes:
- You being asked to lift an object that is too heavy for you to carry, causing back pain. This could result in you wanting to use a personal injury pain and suffering settlement calculator.
- Wanting to make a personal injury pain and suffering claim due to unsafe work conditions. For example, this could be from you falling downstairs due to a faulty handrail.
- Looking to make a personal injury claim for pain and suffering due to you injuring yourself because of malfunctioning equipment. This could be due to the necessary safety checks not being performed on the item in question.
Road Traffic Accidents
Road traffic accidents can cause a great deal of pain and suffering. Millions of people use the roads in the UK every day and, due to the sheer number of road users, accidents are bound to happen. The Highway Code was created to stop accidents caused by negligence but, unfortunately, they still occur.
The Highway Code sets out every road user’s duty of care so, when they breach it, they are being negligent and could be deemed liable if one or multiple injuries are caused due to it. Examples of this include:
- A driver running through a red light causing a side collision with your vehicle. This could result in you wanting to use a personal injury pain and suffering calculator.
- A car swerving sharply into your lane on the motorway. More serious accidents like this can cause a multi-car pile-up.
- Wanting to use a personal injury claims calculator due to a driver going over the speed limit and, as such, causing a rear-end collision with your vehicle.
Something else to bear in mind with these types of injuries: if the value of the harm you’ve sustained comes to less than £5,000, there is a different method of claiming that you would have to use. This is outlined in The Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021. However, we always recommend getting in touch first before going down this route—your claim may be worth more.
Slips, Trips And Falls
You could also be seeking personal injury pain and suffering compensation due to a slip, trip or fall. The degree to which the injury has affected you, both physically and mentally, will determine the answer to questions such as “How much is pain and suffering worth?”
You may have injured yourself in a public place and be unsure of who is liable for the injury. The third-party in control of the space will be liable for the damage if their negligence has caused you to be injured. Their responsibility is to make sure, within reason, that you’re safe and able to enjoy the facilities they’re offering without risk of injury. Their duty of care is detailed further in The Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957.
Examples of slips, trips and falls that could cause you to want to use a personal injury pain and suffering settlement calculator include:
- A kerbstone that has been pushed higher by adverse weather could lead to people tripping and falling. In such cases, if the local council is aware of the hazard, they should take steps to make it safe.
- You slipping on a wet floor with no warning signs present.
- Carpet or flooring not being installed correctly, leaving a trip hazard which has resulted in you falling.
Using A No Win No Fee Agreement To Claim Compensation For Pain And Suffering
Our panel of personal injury solicitors offer their services on a No Win No Fee basis. What does this mean?
- Your personal injury solicitor will not request legal fees either upfront or during the entirety of your compensation claim. Instead, they will take a legally capped amount of your compensation upon your claim being successful. This payment covers their costs.
- Your personal injury solicitor will not request any legal fees unless you’ve received compensation from the claim. As such, if you don’t win, you won’t owe them any legal fees.
This means that you can rest assured knowing that your No Win No Fee solicitor won’t waste your time. They will only take your case if they feel you have a reasonably good chance of winning.
Get Free Legal Advice From Our Team
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Resources And Case Studies
If you’d like more useful information, please view the links below.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides statistics about accidents at work. For more information on them, please view their website.
Mind, a mental health charity, provides more information about the types of mental health problems you could suffer from. Visit their website for more information.
Headway, a brain injury charity, offers more information about how to cope with serious brain injuries.
If you’ve broken your leg and want to see if you can claim, click here.