In a bus and car crash accident in North Devon on Wednesday, the driver of the car was killed. The two vehicles were travelling in opposite directions on a 60mph stretch of road at Shillingstone. The road runs between Blandford and Sturminster Newton. 

The bus was a single decker operated by Damory Coaches, the car involved was a Ford Fiesta.

The Somerset air ambulance attended the accident scene and took the bus driver to Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester. The car driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

The female bus driver suffered minor injuries and was discharged from hospital.

Fire Crews from Blandford and Sturminster also attended the crash accident scene.

At the time of the accident, there were eight passengers on the bus, of these five were reported to have suffered injuries. A police spokesman described the injured bus passengers as “walking wounded”.

The road had to be closed for several hours following the road accident, so police could carry out their investigations.

We handle personal injury compensation claims for drivers and passengers who are injured in non fault accidents.

We can be contacted on 0845 10 88 333 or by clicking: Injured in a Traffic Accident.

Here at the Accident Advice Bureau, we have recently accepted a case which involved a lady who suffered an accident on a speed bump within the car park of a pub.

The lady had been to a party at the pub when she left the around 10.30pm to made her way home. She had only drunk a very small amount and was wearing flat shoes. As she left the pubs exit and was walking across the car park she tripped on an unmarked speed bump, which she did not see as it was very dark. The trip accident caused her to fall heavily on her face and front.

A couple who were walking by helped her up, feeling very embarrassed, she continued to make her way home.

The next day she was in severe pain and so she visited her doctor. She was diagnosed with three cracked ribs and a severely bruised face.

The ladies partner went to tell the landlord of the accident the next day who just laughed at him, so a few days later the lady went into the pub herself. The manager said there was no accident book available and that he is intending to paint the speed bump as it has clearly worn away across the section where the trip accident happened.

The worn away paint makes the speed bump very difficult to see at night.

The lady contacted us here at the Accident Advice Bureau and asked for are help in making an accident on an unmarked speed bump injury claim.

All accepted injury compensation claims with us are worked on a no win no fee basis by a specialist personal injury solicitor, where 100% of any accident compensation won is paid out to the injured person.

So call us today and talk to one of our friendly claims advisors, who will discuss your case circumstances with you and advise you of the next step.

Call 0845 10 88 333 or click: Accident on an Unmarked Speed Bump Injury Claim.

There are numerous fast food restaurants across the UK in our towns and cities. Some of the larger fast food restaurant chains include McDonalds, Burger King, Kfc and Subway. When you visit a fast food restaurant you should be able to do so safely. If you do suffer an accident whilst visiting a fast food restaurant and you were injured, as long as the accident was not you own fault, an accident in a fast food restaurant injury claim may be possible with the help of the Accident Advice Bureau.

The most common causes of accidents in fast food restaurants are due slipping up because of a greasy or wet slippery floor, with no warning signs in place, and faulty or broken chairs chairs.

Any accident in a restaurant suffered, should be reported to a manager, written into the accident book and any details of witnesses taken.

In order to make an injury claim, after an accident in a fast food restaurant, you will need to visit you doctor so your injuries are diagnosed and entered on your medical records.

All accident in a fast food restaurant injury claims we accept, are worked on by a specialist personal injury solicitor on a no win no fee basis, where 100% of any injury compensation won is awarded.

Whether you work in a fast food restaurant and suffered an accident at work or are a customer call us today if you have suffered an injury through no fault of your own. One of our friendly claims advisors will discuss your case circumstances with you and advise you of the next step.

Call 0845 10 33 888 or click: Accident in a Fast Food Restaurant Injury Claim.

Superstores and smaller shops have a responsibility to ensure items of stock and products are stacked correctly, so they do not cause a hazard to customers, staff, delivery drivers or any visiting member of the public to the premises.

It is very easy for stock items or baskets and trolleys to fall if incorrectly stacked, potentially causing an injury to someone.

On visiting a B & Q store as a customer a lady was injured when the trolleys were incorrectly stacked, with the front trolley handle propping up the rest of the trolleys behind them. This was not noticed at the time when the front trolley was taken in order to do the shopping. As a result, the trolleys fell onto the lady causing injuries.

The trolley accident was reported to B&Q and logged in an accident book. The lady needed medical attention and the injuries are ongoing several weeks after the accident.

The lady wished to make a claim for injury compensation, which is now being handled on a no win no fee basis by a personal injury specialist solicitor.

If you have been injured due to incorrect stacking of stock in a shop, a claim may be possible with our help.

Please contact us on 0845 10 88 333 or click: Hit by Falling Stock Incorrectly Stacked in Shop or Supermarket.

All of us, at times, use trolleys. Trolleys are used at a number of places, the most common of which are DIY stores such as B & Q, Wickes and Homebase and supermarkets including Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys and Morrisons. Whenever you use a trolley it should be safe. If you have suffered an injury whilst using a faulty trolley, it may be possible to make an injured by a faulty trolley accident claim, with the help of the Accident Advice Bureau.

Here at the Accident Advice Bureau we have successfully dealt with numerous faulty trolley accident claims. We recently accepted such a claim which involved a man who was shopping with his friend shopping in B&Q.

The man was putting bags of bark in the trolley which was supplied by the store.  He wheeled the trolley to the trade point area, as he turned, the steel trolley frame broke and locked onto the trolley wheel, suddenly jamming it. This resulted in the trolley toppling.

As the shopper had hold of the trolley, when it toppled over, it caused pain to the man’s shoulder and groin area. He informed a member of staff of the accident and that he was injured. They showed little interest.

The man saw his doctor who diagnosed a tendon injury to his shoulder as well as a groin injury.

He later contacted the B & Q store manager to report the accident and ask him to make sure it was reported into the accident book.

We have been asked to help the man make an injury compensation for the accident he suffered. All injury compensation claims we accept are work on a No Win No Fee basis, where 100% compensation is awarded on the successsful conclusion of the case.

So call our friendly claims advisors today, who will discuss your case circumstances with you and advise you of the next step.

Call us on 0800 814 0014 or click: Injured by a faulty trolley accident claim.

There are thousands of automatic doors and barriers in use at a variety of public places, such as supermarkets, security passes or railway crossings. When you pass by an automatic door or barrier you should do so safely. If you have suffered an injury by a door or barrier being faulty, making an injured by an automatic door or barrier accident claim may be possible, with the help of the Accident Advice Bureau.

There has been a recent case where an elderly woman  died after fracturing here hip, when automatic doors closed on her. The elderly lady named Anne Woody was at the Eurospar store at Skerries Point, Skerries, Co Dublin, with her daughter Elizabeth Kenny on the afternoon of October 31 2009, when the accident occurred.

During an inquest into her mother’s death, an upset Ms Kenny explained that she had brought her mother to go shopping with her. As she went outside to fetch a shopping trolley, whilst turning round to go back into the store she saw her mother in the frame of the doorway standing and looking for her. Whilst stood there the automatic doors started to close, pushing her mother to the ground. She then fell hitting her head on a container to the side of the door way.

The lady was then taken to hospital where 24 hours later she died. A post-mortem found she had died from blood loss at the left hip fracture site.

If you have suffered an injury as a result of a faulty automatic door or barrier, then speak to us here at the Accident Advice Bureau, we have years of experience in such matters.

All accepted cases are worked on a No Win No Fee basis, where 100% of any injury compensation awarded is paid.

Call us today on 0845 10 88 333 or click: Injured by an automatic door or barrier accident claim.