Pages On: Bus Accidents
Buses are typically very safe methods of transport, despite their size and a lack of available seatbelts. But when accidents do happen, they can be very dangerous for passengers, especially those standing.
Coach company to compensate injured pensioner
Posted: 2 February 2015
Posted in: Bus Accidents, Public Transport, Road Traffic Accidents, Shoulder Injuries
A coach company has been ordered to pay £10,000 in compensation to an elderly woman who suffered severe injuries after falling on a coach in May 2013. The accident happened after the driver pulled away from the stop before she was properly seated, causing her to fall and severely injure her shoulder. 82-year-old Mary Steel had been travelling from Braehead shopping centre in Renfrewshire to Dunoon when the incident happened. Judge Judy Stacey ruled at the Court of Session in Edinburgh that the driver of the McGill’s bus was at…
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Cyclists to sue Edinburgh council for injuries caused by tram tracks
Posted: 25 January 2015
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Bus Accidents, Foot Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Public Transport, Shoulder Injuries
Following numerous cases of cyclists severely injuring themselves on Edinburgh’s new tram tracks, a lawyer is taking the City of Edinburgh Council to court. Stewart White said that the council was responsible for the injuries suffered by his 60 clients, and argues that something should be done about it. Injuries caused by the tracks include broken jaws, collarbones and cheekbones, as well as a broken foot after a bus drove over it. Mr White said the clients he will be representing are only a very small percentage of people that…
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