Truck and Lorry Accident Claims
Truck and Lorry Accident Lawyers
Learn more about how our Truck & Lorry Accident Lawyers can help you with claiming compensation.
“The ‘hugely technical’ Sam Collard specialises in quantum-related matters in addition to sports and cycling injuries cases.”
“The team offers specialist expertise in cycling-related injury claims.”
Expert legal support for those injured in lorry and HGV accidents
Lorry accidents can cause life-changing injuries. Due to the size and weight of HGVs, collisions often result in serious injuries , especially to pedestrians , cyclists , motorcyclists and occupants of smaller vehicles. If you or a loved one has been injured in a lorry accident, Osbornes Law can help you claim compensation and access the rehabilitation you need to move forward.
Our specialist personal injury lawyers have decades of experience securing compensation for victims of road traffic accidents involving large commercial vehicles. We act for clients nationwide and work on a no win, no fee basis .
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What is a lorry accident claim?
A lorry accident claim is the process to recover compensation after being injured in a road accident involving a truck, HGV (heavy goods vehicle), LGV (light goods vehicle), or commercial van. This may include:
- Being struck as a pedestrian or cyclist
- Being involved in a vehicle collision with a lorry
- Accidents caused by poor lorry maintenance or unsecured loads
- Injuries from reckless or negligent lorry driving
- Fatal accidents involving HGVs
If the accident was wholly or partly someone else’s fault, such as the lorry driver, their employer, or another road user, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries, loss of income, and other financial losses.
Who can make a truck accident claim?
You may be eligible to make a lorry accident claim if:
- You were injured in a collision caused by a lorry or HGV
- A loved one died as a result of a lorry accident (you may be able to bring a claim on their behalf)
- You were a passenger, pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist, or driver of another vehicle who was not at fault
Even if you were partly responsible for the accident, you could still claim compensation, though it may be reduced to reflect your share of responsibility (this is known as “contributory negligence”).
Common causes of lorry accidents
Due to their size and complexity, lorries present unique risks on the road. Common causes of truck and HGV accidents include:
- Driver fatigue or falling asleep at the wheel
- Speeding or dangerous driving
- Poor visibility or failure to check blind spots
- Inadequate vehicle maintenance
- Overloaded or poorly secured cargo
- Mechanical failure, such as brake or tire issues
- Driver inexperience or lack of proper training
Where the driver was working at the time of the accident , their employer may also be liable, particularly if the company failed to maintain the vehicle or breached health and safety rules.
Serious injuries from lorry accidents
Lorry accidents can lead to severe or catastrophic injuries, including:
- Head and brain injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Amputations
- Crush injuries
- Multiple broken bones
- Internal organ damage
Our personal injury team has extensive experience handling high-value claims for people with life-altering injuries. We work closely with leading medical experts, case managers, and rehabilitation specialists to ensure you receive the support you need.
How much compensation can I claim for a lorry accident?
No two lorry accidents are the same so we can’t say, straight away, exactly how much compensation you will get for your claim. While we might not be able to say precisely how much compensation you can expect to get, we are highly experienced in road accident claims and should be able to give you an estimate, when we speak. In order to give you an estimate we take into account:
- The severity of your injuries
- How long it will take to recover from your accident
- The cost of medical care and rehabilitation
- The value of the damage to your bike and personal possessions such as a helmet, clothes and mobile phone
- The financial impact that your injuries may have on your life.
Take a look at our client stories to see examples of how much compensation has been awarded to other clients.
What types of injuries can I claim for?
We have helped clients claim compensation for a wide range of injuries including:
- Ankle Injury Claims
- Arm Injury Claims
- Back Injury Claims
- Chest Injury Claims
- Elbow Injury Claims
- Face Injury Claims
- Finger Injury Claims
- Foot Injury Claims
- Hand Injury Claims
- Hip Injury Claims
- Knee Injury Claims
- Leg Injury Claims
- Neck Injury Claims
- Rib Injury Claims
- Shoulder Injury Claims
- Wrist Injury Claims
What can I claim for?
The heads of loss in a HGV accident claim are broad and cover past losses and expenses as well as rehabilitation and the cost of meeting future needs, including:
- Loss of earnings and prejudice on the labour market
- Vehicle repairs and equipment damage
- Travel expenses and loss of use of bike
- Treatment, rehabilitation and therapy costs
- Specialist equipment and care
- Adaptations to vehicle and home
How long do I have to claim?
You typically have three years from the date of the accident to bring a personal injury claim. However, exceptions apply if:
- The injured person lacks mental capacity (no time limit applies)
- The victim was under 18 at the time of the accident (the clock starts on their 18th birthday)
- The accident occurred abroad (different time limits may apply)
It’s important to contact us as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss the time limits.
Can I make a no-win-no fee claim?
Yes, most claims are instructed on a no-win no fee basis. Osbornes will offer you a No Win No Fee funding agreement so that you will not have to meet the legal costs and expenses as the case proceeds. In the unlikely event that the case is not successful, you will not be left out of pocket. If you win, you pay us a small success fee from your recovered damages.
Real case examples
Our client, a cyclist, was hit by a truck that was turning but failed to indicate. She suffered serious injuries, including a fractured pelvis. Osbornes Law secured a five-figure settlement to cover her pain, lost earnings and future care, alongside interim payments to support her recovery during the claim.
Why choose Osbornes Law?
Osbornes Law is one of London’s leading personal injury firms, with a strong track record of success in road traffic accident claims involving lorries, trucks and HGVs.
- Specialist personal injury lawyers with decades of experience
- Strong record of winning complex and high-value claims
- Accredited by APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers)
- Recommended by Chambers UK and Legal 500
- No win, no fee representation
- Access to rehabilitation and support services
We understand how traumatic these accidents can be and how overwhelming the legal process may feel. Our lawyers will guide you every step of the way, helping secure the compensation you deserve.
Speak to a lorry accident solicitor today
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Osbornes Law is a really strong team with a lot of depth.
Osbornes work professionally as a team, responding diligently to emails or telephone calls.
Typically advises on brain and cycling-related injuries disputes.
Specialises in quantum-related matters in addition to sports and cycling injuries cases.
Osbornes clients are individuals whose cases are treated with the focus required when dealing with life changing injuries.
Fielding a ‘first class, very well resourced’ team of litigators, the personal injury department at Osbornes is rated for its diverse workload of complex, high-value injury claims, representing both domestic and international claimants.
Osbornes is an excellent firm, made up of lawyers with flair and pedigree.
Osbornes lawyers are smart, well trained, experienced and well managed.
Osbornes personal injury practice is first class; very well resourced and second to none.
Osbornes is becoming one of the top players in the claimant personal injury market. A large team with a great number of very high quality solicitors.
Osbornes is a highly proficient serious injury firm. They bring all the benefits of the biggest firms in the market but none of the downsides.
The team offers specialist expertise in cycling-related injury claims and regularly acts for foreign nationals.
Osbornes prepares cases well; the whole team is good and lawyers there know their stuff.
They deal with people compassionately and take on the right amount of detail. The firm has some really brilliant key solicitors.
The personal injury team is responsive and its level of service towards clients and other professionals is exceptional and high quality
The team offers specialist expertise in cycling-related injury claims and regularly acts for foreign nationals.
It has considerable experience in cases arising from motor accidents and accidents at work
Osbornes is a well-regarded personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims.
Their team includes bright, hard-working solicitors dedicated to achieving successful outcomes for their clients from partner level to paralegal. Their client care is exceptional.
They are a team who are highly respected in the PI sector.
This is an excellent PI team doing a broad range of PI work.
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims, with notable strength in acting for European clients for whom English is not a first language.
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims.
"Osbornes always provides work of excellent quality and the advice is sound."
"The firm has the ability to handle the most sophisticated and complex matters."
"Osbornes is always client-focused and works tirelessly to obtain the best outcomes."
Stuart Kightley regularly handles cases involving brain injuries, fatal accidents, cycling collisions and workplace accidents.
'The team deals with multi-million pound, often multifaceted claims, involving such factors as severe brain, psychiatric, gynaecological and spinal injury, major trauma, amputation and fatality.'
"They are a boutique firm with highly experienced partners who are well-respected in the industry."
"The team at Osbornes deals with catastrophic injury claims with the same professionalism as the largest firms, but provides a much more client-focused experience."
"A really first-rate team, well capable of dealing with the most serious and complex injuries."
"This team has carved out an exceptional reputation in catastrophic injury work."
"Osbornes has impressed me with their personal touch for clients whilst offering a first-class handling of catastrophic injury claims. The partners all have vast experience and are highly respected in their field."
"This is a really excellent personal injury team that can be regarded as one of the major players in the London claimant personal injury market."
"Osbornes have managed to recruit a team of outstanding catastrophic injury lawyers who are at the top of the game."
"They punch well above their weight. The quality of service they provide equals that of any of the larger top-name firms in this area"
Ben Posford is fiercely bright, with an unrivalled passion for his clients’ cases. His encyclopaedic knowledge of all things PI is second to none. His foresight and commercial nous have propelled Osbornes into the highest echelons of the market where they rightly belong.
The firm has an excellent and innovative line in cases involving non-English speaking claimants, managed by recruiting paralegals with multi-language skills – an impressive route for expansion of the caseload.
Great expanding team with expertise and respect in the sector. Led by a commercially savvy and business minded team.
A really excellent group of PI solicitors, notable for their individual quality.’
A niche firm that punches well above its weight in the catastrophic injury sector, borne out by the quality of work they obtain.
This combination of experience and diligence reaps massive rewards for clients, Osbornes being well known in the industry as a fantastic firm.
The Osbornes personal injury team now comprises some of the most technically adept and hard hitting lawyers in the business.
Excellent coverage of personal injury, and traumatic brain injury. There is a real specialism in claimants who do not speak English as a first language.
The group is noted for its expertise in matters relating to cycling injuries, and is the official legal partner of the London Cycling Campaign charity.
To complement its strong reputation for high-value and complex personal injury work, the firm continues to develop its 'excellent and innovative line in cases involving non-English speaking claimants'
"Osbornes comprises some of the most technically adept and hard hitting lawyers in the business"
"A small but high-powered team, dealing with cases of significant value and complexity."
"An excellent firm which achieves fantastic outcomes for clients."
"Osbornes Law have captured the magic of keeping the customer service levels of a smaller firm whilst having all the expertise and power of the biggest firms."
"A superb boutique catastrophic injury firm."
"Really good at dealing with people who have suffered a serious injury."
"Affable and charming with very good client-handling skills."
"superb firm with consummate professionals and a human touch."
Osbornes now has a team of highly experienced personal injury lawyers; particularly strong on high-value quantum cases, workplace accidents and claims involving foreign workers injured in the UK.
The team provides fantastic strength-in-depth for personal injury claims. It is also particularly well placed to service clients from Eastern Europe with specialist native language speakers. From the smallest case to a multimillion-pound spinal injury case, Osbornes has the right staff to manage every claim.
Ben Posford remains pre-eminent in his field with expert understanding of litigating cases of the upmost severity. His experience builds on Stuart Kightley’s running of the firm with recent partner additions of Rob Aylott making a fantastic addition.
A firm going from strength-to strength-which retains its client care whilst being able to offer a full personal injury service.
Beneath Ben Posford’s calm and reassuring presence, which clients love, lies a formidable tactical and legal brain. His experience tells and he gets it right at every stage of the process from arranging the best possible rehabilitation, to ensuring, so far as possible, a polite relationship with those acting for the defendant in order to ensure best and early resolution of the claim.
"Clients say he is very impressive, in terms of both his experience and his management of the personal injury team."
"They have an expanding profile in personal injury and clinical negligence and offer a superb, broad service in accidents abroad, enabled by their recruitment of bilingual legal executives who can guide non-English speakers through complex litigation."
"Solid personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims arising from fatalities and severe head and spinal injuries."
"Offers specialist expertise in cycling-related injury claims."
"Offers specialist expertise in cauda equina syndrome cases."
"An exceptional outfit. They take on difficult cases, fight hard and win."
"Stuart Kightley is an incredibly empathetic solicitor who is very knowledgeable about traumatic brain injury."
"They are an outstanding firm to work with. They are consistently impressive in their work."
"Osbornes often handles claims valued at over £1m, particularly relating to severe brain and spinal cord injuries and niche areas such as cauda equina syndrome and cycling accidents."
"The hard-working, thorough and committed Robert Aylott, who brings significant heavyweight personal injury experience."
"Key team members include the energetic and personable Stuart Kightley who is head of the personal injury department."
Thank you for the hard work and patience and for being so patient with my constant questions.
"I have found Osbornes to be thorough, clear and understanding from the initial call. They do exactly what they say they will and with passion! I would recommend them to anyone".
Very good efficient service. Would not hesitate to use again.
I will use Osbornes for any future needs.
I don't think I could have asked for anything more. One of the best dealings I've had with the legal profession.
Sam was excellent and very professional in dealing with our claim.
Head of the personal injury department, Stuart Kightley is a first-rate practitioner, wholly focused on getting his client the best outcome in a pragmatic, sensible and consensual manner.
As a real specialist in spinal cord injuries, Ben Posford is always looking at new angles on how to maximise his cases.
Ben Posford is one of the best catastrophic injury lawyers around.
They provide exceptional service, great knowledge and understanding of the law, excellent client care and tactical nous
Stuart Kightley is praised for his expertise in catastrophic and fatal claims. Clients say he is very impressive, in terms of both his experience and his management of the personal injury team.
My claim was dealt with efficiently and professionally. Communication was excellent, and timely. Shrewd and sound advice was provided at every stage of the claim from beginning through to completion. On the basis of my personal experience I would strongly recommend Osbornes.
I just wish to thank you for your hard work and successful outcome. I am pleased with the result and would recommend you and your firm to anyone in the future.
Ben Posford … is ‘tactically astute’ and ‘one of the best personal injury solicitors around’.
Ben Posford ‘knows how to maximise the value of the claim for his clients’.
