Neck injuries can be hugely disruptive, often leaving you with a difficult recovery and financial upheaval. Whether your injury happened due to an accident at work, on the road, or in a public place, you’ve come to the right place. Pursuing a claim can seem like a big step to take at first, but help is on hand, as our guide to using a neck injury compensation calculator will show.
Our panel of solicitors have helped clients just like you to navigate the personal injury claims process, and one of them could support you next. They believe that all their clients matter, and this commitment is evident in how they approach each and every claim they take on.
It couldn’t be easier to ask any questions you might have or find out if you could start claiming today; all you need to do is speak to our neck injury advisory team using one of the contact methods below:
- Call our 24-hour helpline at 0800 408 7826.
- Use live chat.
- Contact us through our claims form.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Neck Injury Compensation Calculator
- What Damages Can Neck Injury Compensation Cover?
- How Might A Neck Injury Be Sustained?
- Examples Of Common Neck Injuries
- What Will I Need To Claim Neck Injury Compensation?
- No Win No Fee Neck Injury Compensation Claims
- More Information
Neck Injury Compensation Calculator
Our neck injury compensation calculator is a useful tool that provides a rough estimate for payouts. It does this by using information sourced from a text called the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG), which suggests that you could receive up to £181,020 for very severe neck injuries. This guideline is one of many suggested compensation brackets that the JCG pairs with injuries.
Our solicitors often use the JCG to assess the potential value of general damages, the part of your compensation that relates to your injuries. You can check some of these brackets in the table, apart from the first row. As with the compensation calculator itself, please note that the brackets are purely suggestive.
| INJURY TYPE & Severity | COMPENSATION | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Instances of Severe Injuries and Special Damages | Up to £350,000+ | Special damages might be for wages lost. |
| Neck Injuries - Severe (i) | In the Region of £181,020 | Incomplete paraplegia or spastic quadriparesis. |
| Severe (ii) | £80,240 to £159,770 | Often involving serious fractures or cervical spine disc damage. |
| Severe (iii) | £55,500 to £68,330 | Fractures, dislocations, or severe damage to soft tissues and/or ruptured tendons. |
| Moderate (i) | £30,500 to £46,970 | Fractures or dislocations that may require spinal fusion and which cause severe immediate symptoms. |
| Moderate (ii) | £16,770 to £30,500 | Soft tissue or disc lesion injuries leading to movement limitation and recurring (or permanent) pain. |
| Moderate (iii) | £9,630 to £16,770 | Moderate soft tissue damage or injuries that worsen and/or accelerate pre-existing conditions (typically for less than 5 years). |
| Minor (i) | £5,310 to £9,630 | Full recovery occurs between around 1-2 years. |
| Minor (ii) | £2,990 to £5,310 | Recovery within 3-12 months. |
| Minor (iii) | Up to £2,990 | Complete recovery within 3 months. |
Factors That Affect Neck Injury Compensation Amounts
Various factors can affect neck injury compensation amounts, ranging from the severity of the damage sustained to the long-term prognosis. General damages will consider the following:
- How long your recovery time is.
- The treatment you require.
- Whether there has also been psychological harm.
- What impact there is on quality of life.
Got more questions about how compensation for personal injury claims works? Please don’t hesitate to ask.
What Damages Can Neck Injury Compensation Cover?
Financial damages can also be covered by neck injury compensation, including lost earnings and medical expenses. This part of the compensation is referred to as special damages and must be a direct result of your neck injuries. Our neck injury compensation calculator may ask you questions about these losses, examples of which you can find below.
Lost Earnings
You can claim special damages for lost earnings if you are unable to work, whether the accident happened at work, in a public place, or on the road. This impact can be proven with payslips.
Future Loss Of Income
As with current earnings, you can claim for future loss of income in some personal injury cases. This may apply in situations where the neck injury is life-changing, such as spinal cord damage.
Medical Expenses
If your injury has led to you requiring private treatment, special damages compensation can partly or fully cover these medical expenses. That might be for corrective surgery or for prescriptions. You will need evidence of these expenses, such as invoices.
Cost Of Assistance Or Care
If you require assistance or care, you can claim for the cost of professional support in the home or at a dedicated facility. Special damages will also consider any costs related to being looked after by a family member.
Travel Expenses
Special damages can also compensate you for the need to use public transportation, like buses or trains, to attend medical appointments. These travel expenses can also be claimable if you paid out of pocket for parking fees or petrol.
Modifications To Car Or Home
Depending on the severity of your neck injury, you may need modifications to your home or car, such as a stairlift or grab bars around your house for added stability. Invoices, estimates, and bank statements can be useful documents to support these costs.
Rehabilitation Expenses
Generally, rehabilitation expenses include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and counselling. This may relate to your immediate needs or long-term recovery.
Other Costs
You can claim for any other costs directly related to your neck injury, including personal property. No matter what loss you suffered, you will need to prove it with financial records in order to claim for it. This evidence might include payslips, invoices, receipts, and bank statements.
Please reach out if you want to know more about injury compensation for financial damages.
How Might A Neck Injury Be Sustained?
A neck injury can be sustained in several ways, including road traffic accidents, as well as incidents at work and in public. Find out more about each situation in this section.
Road Traffic Accidents
All road users owe each other a duty of care that requires them to travel in ways that avoid causing injury to one another. Road users must also abide by the Highway Code and the Road Traffic Act 1988. If this does not happen, leading to you developing a neck injury in a road traffic accident, it may lead to incidents like those described below:
- A vehicle going over the speed limit crashes into another car, leaving the passenger and driver with severe whiplash.
- An attempt to run a red light results in a pedestrian being knocked down, causing a serious neck injury and multiple fractures.
Accidents At Work
Your employer has a responsibility to protect your health, safety, and well-being in the workplace. This is their duty of care, established by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The following are examples of how this duty might be breached and cause an accident at work:
- An employee is asked to lift heavy boxes without the required proper training or any ergonomic assistance, leading to a herniated disc.
- Regular risk assessments are not carried out by warehouse management, resulting in a worker suffering a severe cervical spine fracture due to a defective machine.
Public Liability Accidents
According to the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, anyone in control of a public space must take reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of visitors. Any breach of this duty of care might lead to an injury and form the basis for a potentially valid public liability claim:
- A pedestrian slips on an icy pavement that has not been gritted by the local council for several days, despite it being in a busy part of town. This results in them spraining their neck.
- After cleaning their cafe, the staff did not put up appropriate signage to warn customers about a slippery surface. A customer subsequently slips on the wet floor and develops a trapped nerve.
If you suffered a neck injury in any of the above situations or have a completely different experience, talk to an advisor today to find out your next steps.
Examples Of Common Neck Injuries
Some examples of common neck injuries include:
- Whiplash.
- Pinched or trapped nerves.
- Herniated discs.
- Neck sprains.
- Broken necks (also known as a fractured cervical spine).
The above is not an exhaustive list, and you may still have an eligible claim even if your neck injury is different. Contact our advisors to see if you qualify, or learn more about using our neck injury compensation calculator.
What Will I Need To Claim Neck Injury Compensation?
To claim neck injury compensation, you will need to be within the time limit and have sufficient supporting evidence. Per the Limitation Act 1980, there is a 3-year time limit to start a claim, typically from the date of the accident. You can find out more about this and certain exceptions to the limit in our in-depth limitation period guide.
As touched on, you will also need evidence to establish the validity of your claim. What is needed can vary depending on the nature of the incident, but it should show who was at fault for the accident and your injuries. This might involve using medical records, videos of the accident scene, or relevant correspondence, as highlighted in our evidence guide.
Our advisors are also on hand if you want to know more about evidence and how a solicitor from our panel could help gather it on your behalf when claiming neck injury compensation.
No Win No Fee Neck Injury Compensation Claims
Our panel of solicitors have taken on No Win No Fee neck injury compensation claims throughout the country via an arrangement called a Conditional Fee Agreement. CFAs offer numerous benefits to clients, the most advantageous of which concern solicitor service fees. Under their terms, you wouldn’t pay these fees for your solicitor’s work at the start of the claim, during the process, or if the case is lost.
Your solicitor will only charge a success fee if you win. Even then, this fee is small, as the maximum percentage that can be deducted from your compensation is legally capped. This approach doesn’t just protect you from spiralling solicitor fees; it also gives you access to a client-focused service tailored to the unique needs of every claimant. That means you can expect:
- Active support with the task of gathering, assessing, and presenting evidence.
- A personalised care plan that provides access to rehabilitation specialists.
- Regular updates that keep you at the heart of the claims process and clearly explain what is happening.
- Dedicated advocacy in all communications, as well as throughout negotiations with the defendant’s representatives.
Get In Touch With Our Advisors
Whether you have questions about our neck injury compensation calculator or want to get started with your claim, you can get in touch with our advisors. There is nothing to lose, so please don’t pass up your chance for a free initial consultation with our advisory team:
- Call our 24-hour helpline at 0800 408 7826.
- Use live chat.
- Contact us through our claims form.
More Information
We also recommend the following guides:
- Learn about crush injury claims.
- See what you could claim for a shoulder injury.
- Use our back injury calculator to find out potential compensation amounts.
Use these external links to find out more about neck injuries generally:
- Read about how to treat neck pain via NHS.UK.
- Find out about neck and whiplash injuries, NICE.ORG.UK
- See whether you could receive Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) via GOV.UK.
Thank you for reading this guide, and please reach out if you have any questions about our neck injury compensation calculator.
