Accidents on Holiday or whilst Travelling Abroad

Holidays and overseas travel are big business. In 2007, 45.7 million of us took a trip abroad, 27% of them being to Spain . And in addition there were 76.8 holidays taken in the UK involving at least one overnight stay.

With so many people going on holiday it should not be a surprise that lots of accidents occur whilst on holiday or whilst travelling abroad. Maybe it's something to do with a relaxed state of mind or being in new surroundings but accidents are unfortunately bound to happen.

Making a claim for an accident which happened abroad is always difficult. The compensation claims are usually subject to the law of the country where the accident and injury occurred, which will affect both your right to compensation and the value of your holiday accident claim. And in some countries, your solicitor's fees may not be recoverable, even if your claim for compensation is successful.

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However, the situation may be made easier if you were on of the 19 million or so who bought a package holiday. The 1992 Package Travel, Package Holiday and Package Tour Regulation makes it possible to make a claim against your holiday package company if they were in any way involved in the responsibility for your accident.

Alternatively, if you were involved in an accident whilst abroad, there is the 4th EU Motor Directive 2003. This helps victims of car accident because the directive says that all European cars have to be listed on one database. This makes it easier to identify foreign cars involved in accidents. And in the UK there is the Motor Insurers Bureau which will help identify the foreign insurer of vehicles involved in your accident.

It is a fact that every airline, holiday and tour operators, even the hotel and any other business involved in your travels has a duty of care to provide you with a safe service. Hotels have a duty to be clean and hygienic, tour operators have to ensure you're going to be safe both in your hotel and whilst travelling to and from the airport, and if you go on an excursion, that operator has to assess the risk during the planned trips in order to take suitable preventative action.

Therefore, be aware that "holiday accidents" don't just include accidents in your hotel. They cover injuries incurred whilst on aircraft, ships, boats or cruises, travel on coaches even rental vehicles and on the beach. If you partake in some action sport such as skiing or water sports, the organiser still has a duty of care no matter what disclaimers they add to their terms and conditions.

So if you've been injured in an accident whilst on holiday anywhere in the world, Claims Justice will pull out all the stops to help with your compensation claim.

And of course, with so many of us still holidaying in the UK , Claims Justice will help those holidaymakers too.

In all cases, it's advisable to collect and record as much information at the time as you can. And take as many photographs as you can to show or illustrate, what happened or caused the accident.

You will also need to take notes and sketches of the scene of the accident plus the names and addresses of those involved and any witnesses. Remember also to include notes of the injuries which have been sustained. We advise you to take these notes straight away, rather than trying to remember them at a later date. After all it's unlikely that you'll be able to return and gather information at a later date.

Whatever your injury, so long as the accident was not your fault, Claims Justice will go that extra mile to help you get fully compensated for your injuries.

Simply complete the online enquiry form and a Claims Adviser from Claims Justice will phone you back very soon. They'll want to know all the in's and out's of your accident and then they can decide you to best to proceed with your claim.

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