Neck Injury

Neck injuries, tend to be in conjunction with back and shoulder injuries.

A neck injury can vary from the effects of whiplash to the most serious of paraplegia to fractures or dislocations. For moderate neck injuries, these will vary from cases involving a whiplash injury to an acceleration of an existing injury. Some minor neck injuries will consist of whiplash that could either last for a few weeks or up to two years.

As a guideline, the level of compensation will fall within one of the following brackets:-

• Severe – up to £95,000
• Moderate – up to £16,000
• Minor – up to £5000

The symptoms of whiplash injury can take a number of days to appear. If you feel you have suffered a neck injury as a result of an accident go to the Start Your Claim page.

(The above compensation levels are approximate and taken from the JSB Guidelines 2009)