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How to get compensation if you've been injured as a result of an accident or injury when someone else is to blame.

• Write a letter, complain or try mediation

  You can get compensation by taking legal action, but it could cost you…

• Check your insurance policies

  You may already have insurance to pay for the legal costs of making a…

• Using a solicitor or a claims company

  You cannot usually get legal aid for personal injury cases. A solicitor…

Report a marine accident by calling the MAIB reporting line on +44 (0)23 8023 2527 and then completing the accident report form.

Road safety factsheets relating to specific road user groups and any one-off or ad-hoc statistics

• Updated: 25 September 2025

You must report all volunteering-related incidents, accidents, near misses and concerns to Natural England.

Use form RAIB N1 to report details of an accident or incident involving railway staff

The Regulations place a duty on railway industry bodies (infrastructure managers, railway operators, or maintainers), involved in an accident or incident, to notify us.

• Updated: 19 December 2014

The MAIB investigates marine accidents involving UK vessels worldwide and all vessels in UK territorial waters. MAIB works with the Department for Transport .

• Updated: 19 September 2024

Data about reported road accidents and casualties, breath tests, road and rail safety and motor vehicle offences, produced by Department for Transport.

• Updated: 16 December 2021

Location: Purfleet, England.

• Updated: 26 March 2026

Acknowledgment of Service - Claim under the Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Injury Claims below the Small Claims Limit in Road Traffic Accidents