An accurate assessment of the value of your injury can be undertaken by us once a medical report is obtained. Sometimes more than one expert report is needed and that really depends upon the nature and extent of the injury sustained.

Your injury is valued using experience and knowledge but also by researching previous case law that has been decided in the Courts over many years. It is also possible to get a broad valuation from a book issued to Judges which gives guidance as to the relevant tariffs for particular injuries.

In general terms, for valuation purposes, injuries are separated into different categories and there are varying degrees of severity within each of those categories.

It is not really possible for us to give every valuation for every injury here so we will set out in broad terms the general valuations for the most common of injuries suffered as a result of a hit and run accident.

You can read more about the types of injury commonly sustained in hit and run accidents by clicking on the highlighted injury type. If your injury type isn't listed please call or email us for more information.

Remember the figures given below do not include any out of pocket expenses which would usually be in addition. We can help you work out your other losses which might include loss of earnings, car hire charges, medical treatment fees and so on.

Whiplash and neck injury

Minor whiplash with a full recovery between a few weeks and a year might attract an award of £750 to £2,550.

Where the recovery period is within two years you would expect to receive £2,550 to £4,575.

In those cases where the period of recovery has been fairly long and where there remains an increased vulnerability to further trauma the figure is something like £4,575 to £8,150.

Where there is permanent or recurring pain and serious limitation of movement of the neck and the chance of surgery the value is likely to be in the region of £8,150 to £14,500.

Fractures or dislocations which might mean spinal fusion would attract £14,500 to £19,100.

Very serious neck injuries then attract awards depending upon their severity from £19,100 up to £86,500.

Back

Strains, sprains, disc prolapses and soft tissue injuries from which a full recovery or recovery to 'nuisance value' has been made without surgery:

(i) Within about five years will attract an award of £4,575 to £7,125

(ii) Within about two years will attract an award up to £4,575.

Where there is disturbance of ligaments and muscles giving rise to backache, soft tissue injuries resulting in exacerbation of an existing back condition or prolapsed discs necessitating laminectomy or resulting in repeated relapses the award would be in the region of £7,125 to £16,300.

Where there is a substantial risk of osteoarthritis and constant pain and discomfort with impairment of sexual function and/or where a spinal fusion is probably necessary the award will be in the region of £16,300 to £22,650.

Cases of disc lesions or fractures of the discs or of vertebral bodies where, despite treatment, there remain disabilities such as continuing severe pain and discomfort, impaired agility, impaired sexual function, depression, personality change, alcoholism, unemployability and the risk of arthritis the award will be £22,650 to £40,750.

In more serious cases involving impaired bladder and bowel function, severe sexual difficulties and unsightly scarring and the possibility of future surgery the award will be in the region of £46,300.

Cases of the most severe injury which do not involve paralysis but where there may be very serious consequences not normally found in cases of back injury, such as impotence or double incontinence the award is likely to be £58,500 to £98,500.

Fractures

A simple fracture to a leg where a complete recovery is made might attract an award of £5,350.

A serious leg fracture where an incomplete recovery is made would be valued at £10,500 to £16,300.

The most serious leg injuries not involving the actual loss of a leg would attract an award of £56,000 to £79,000.

A simple fracture to the forearm with a complete recovery within a short time would justify an award of £3,700. Injuries involving worse symptoms or where there is a degree of disability or deformity would merit an award in the region of £11,200.

Serious fractures of one or both forearms leaving a significant permanent disability would be valued at £22,650 to £34,850.

An uncomplicated wrist fracture would attract an award in the region of £4,300.

Head Injury

The most minor of head injuries involving symptoms for only a few weeks will attract an award of £1,300.

Where there has been minor brain damage and the person has made a good recovery and has been able to return to a normal way of life including going back to work but may still have some persisting problems the figure would be £9,000 to £25,000.

Moderate brain damage might range from lowered levels of concentration and memory through to severe intellectual deficit, a personality change, an effect on speech or sight and an increased risk of epilepsy. The range here would be £25,000 to £127,250.

Very severe brain injury would attract an award of £165,000 to £235,000.

Psychiatric Injury

Not everyone who suffers psychiatric injury following a hit and run accident will have true Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ("PTSD"); some people will suffer a general psychiatric injury. A minor temporary anxiety state will attract an award of £840 to £3,450 whereas more severe forms of general psychiatric injury might be valued at £32,000 to £67,200.

Where a specific diagnosis of PTSD can be made the injury, depending upon the severity of the symptoms and the recovery period, would attract an award of anything from £2,300 up to £58,500.

Whatever the injury you have sustained we will be able to assess the value of the injury and advise you as to the correct level of your compensation.

Damage to Teeth

Loss of or serious damage to several front teeth would attract an award of £5,100 to £6,600 whereas the loss of or damage to one back tooth would be in the region of £630 to £1,000. Any difficulty eating would put the award at the higher end of the relevant bracket of award.

Fractures of Jaws

A simple fracture where recovery is complete would attract an award of £3,800 to £5,100. The values increase with the severity of the injury up to very serious multiple fractures followed by prolonged treatment and permanent consequences including severe pain, difficulty eating and/or a risk of arthritis in the joints which would attract an award of £17,800 to £26,500.

Eye Injury

A few weeks of discomfort in one eye is worth in the region of £1,300 to £2,300 and the value increases according to the severity of the injury. Minor injuries causing temporary interference with vision such as being hit in the eye, exposure to fumes or smoke or being splashed with liquids will attract an award of £2,300 to £5,100.

Minor but permanent impairment of vision in one eye including cases of double vision will be worth £7,375 to £12,200.

Cases of serious but incomplete loss of vision in one eye without significant risk of loss or reduction of vision in the remaining eye will attract an award of £13,750 to £22,650.

Complete loss of sight in one eye will attract an award of £28,750 to £32,000.

Total loss of one eye is worth £32,000 to £38,175.

Loss of sight in one eye with reduced vision in the other will attract an award between £37,150 and £104,500 depending upon the symptoms and whether or not there is a risk of the remaining eye deteriorating.

Total blindness will attract an award in the region of £155,250.

Chest

Fractures of the ribs causing pain and disability over a period of weeks only will attract an award of up to £2,300.

An injury leading to collapsed lungs from which a full and uncomplicated recovery is made is worth £1,300 to £3,175.

A relatively simple injury such as a single penetrating wound causing some permanent damage to tissue but no significant long term effect on lung function will attract an award of £7,375 to £10,500.

Damage to chest and lung(s) causing some continuing disability will attract an award of £18,325 to £32,000.

Traumatic injury to chest, lung(s) and/or heart causing permanent damage, impairment of function, physical disability and reduction of life expectancy will be worth £38,175 to £58,500.

The worst type of case will be of total removal of one lung with prolonged and serious pain and suffering and permanent significant scarring and this will attract an award of £58,500 to £87,500.

Shoulder

A simple fracture to the clavicle will attract an award in the region of £3,000 to £7,125.

A minor soft tissue injury to the shoulder with considerable pain but almost complete recovery:

(i) In less than two years will attract an award of £2,550 to £4,575.

(ii) Within a year will attract an award up to £2,550.

A moderate injury such as a frozen shoulder with limitation of movement and discomfort with symptoms persisting for about two years will be worth £4,575 to £7,375.

A serious dislocation of the shoulder and damage to the lower part of the brachial plexus causing pain in shoulder and neck, aching in elbow, sensory symptoms in the forearm and hand, and weakness of grip will attract an award of £7,375 to £11,200.

A severe shoulder injury and probably associated with neck injury and involving damage to the brachial plexus resulting in significant disability will attract an award of £11,200 to £28,000.

Pelvis and Hips

Minor injuries with complete recovery will be worth up to £2,175.

Where there is little or no residual disability but a significant injury the award will be £2,175 to £7,375.

Where perhaps a hip has to be replaced now or some time in the future the award will be £7,375 to £15,000.

Significant injury to the pelvis or hip but any permanent disability is not major and any future risk not great the award will be £15,500 to £22,650.

Where a hip has to be replaced and there is a need to have revision surgery the award will be £22,650 to £30,500.

A fracture dislocation of the pelvis involving both ischial and pubic rami resulting in impotence or a traumatic myositis ossificans with formation of ectopic bone around the hip will attract an award of £36,125 to £46,300.

Extensive fractures of the pelvis involving for example dislocation of a low back joint and a ruptured bladder, or a hip injury resulting in spondylolisthes is of a low back joint with intolerable pain and necessitating spinal fusion will attract an award of £46,300 to £76,350.

Inevitably there will be substantial residual disabilities such as a complicated arthrodesis with resulting lack of bladder and bowel control, sexual dysfunction or hip deformity making the use of a calliper essential.

Scarring

With facial scarring in particular there will be a distinction made between male and female scarring and the awards will be higher if there have been many operations to rectify the problem.

Trivial facial scarring for both male and females will attract an award of £1,000 to £2,000.

For minor scarring which is not visible except on close inspection and can be camouflaged the range for males is £2,300 to £5,350 and for females is £2,300 to £8,150.

Significant scarring to the face where the worst effects have been improved by surgery but scars remain visible at a reasonable distance the value for males is £5,350 to £10,500 and for females £10,500 to £17,550.

Very severe scarring on the face for a relatively young woman where the scarring is very disfiguring and there is a significant psychological effect the award will be £28,000 to £56,500. For a man the ward will be £17,550 to £38,175.

Scarring to other parts of the body might include for example a single scar to the leg, hand or arm which will attract an award of £1,300 to £2,300. A single disfiguring scar to the same parts of the body would be worth £4,500 to £8,200.

A laparotomy scar following an operation would attract an award of £5,000.

Elbow

Simple fractures, tennis elbow syndrome and lacerations which cause no permanent impairment of function will attract an award of up to £7,375.

Injuries causing impairment of function but not involving major surgery or significant disability will attract an award of £9,150 to £18,325.

A severe disabling injury to the elbow will attract an award of £22,650 to £32,000.

Forearm

Uncomplicated fractures of the radius and/or ulna with a complete recovery within a short time will justify an award of £3,700. Injuries resulting in residual disability or deformity will fall between £3,800 to £11,200.

Serious fractures where a degree of recovery has taken place will be worth £11,200 to £22,650.

Serious fractures of one or both forearms where there is significant permanent residual disability whether functional or cosmetic will attract an award of £22,650 to £34,850.

Injuries to the forearm which fall short of amputation but which are extremely serious and leave the person little better off than if the arm had been lost will attract an award of £56,000 to £76,350.

Wrist

Very minor undisplaced or minimally displaced fractures where a bandage or plaster is applied for a matter of weeks and a full or virtually full recovery is made within a matter of months the award will be £2,000 to £2,800.

An uncomplicated colles' fracture will be worth in the region of £4,300.

Where there is some permanent disability such as pain and stiffness the award will be £7,375 to £14,250.

Complete loss of function of the wrist for example where an arthrodesis (surgical stiffening) of the wrist has been carried out the award is likely to be £27,750 to £34,850.

Hand

A minor hand injury lasting for a few months will be worth £500 to £2,550.

Crush injuries, penetrating wounds, soft tissue type and deep lacerations to the hand will attract an award of £3,800 to £7,625.

Where there is significant impaired function without further surgery or despite operative treatment the value will be £8,400 to £16,800.

Serious hand injuries reducing the function to about 50 per cent capacity including for example diminution in grip, gross cosmetic disfigurement or amputation of some fingers would attract an award of £16,800 to £36,125.

Total or effective loss of one hand will be worth £56,000 to £63,625.

Total or effective loss of both hands will attract an award of £81,500 to £117,000.

Knee

For a simple minor twisting type injury the value will be a few hundred pounds.

Where recovery is more prolonged the award is likely to be up to £3,500 but where there is continuous aching or discomfort or occasional pain the award will be up to £8,150.

Injuries involving dislocation, torn cartilage or meniscus or which accelerate symptoms from a pre-existing condition but which result in minor instability, wasting, weakness or other future disability will attract an award of £8,400 to £15,500.

More sever types of knee injury involving limitation of movement, deformity, instability; muscle wasting and the risk of future degeneration will attract an award of £15,500 to £25,000.

Leg fracture extending into the knee joint causing pain which is constant, permanent and limits movement will be worth £30,500 to £40,750.

Serious knee injury where there has been disruption of the joint, gross ligamentous damage, lengthy treatment, considerable pain and loss of function the award will be £40,750 to £56,000.

Ankle

Where recovery is within a year the award is unlikely to exceed £3,300.

Minor or undisplaced fractures, sprains and ligamentous injuries where complete recovery is made or where incomplete if the ankle gives way will attract an award up to £8,150.

Fractures, ligamentous tears which cause difficulties walking on uneven ground, awkwardness on stairs, irritation from metal plates and residual scarring will attract an award of £7,625 to £15,500.

Severe injury necessitating an extensive period of treatment and where pins and plates are inserted and there is significant residual disability the award will be £18,325 to £29,000.

Very severe injury including transmalleolar fracture of the ankle with extensive soft tissue damage resulting in deformity and the risk of amputation will usually attract an award of £29,000 to £40,750.

Foot

Where the injury results in continuing symptoms such as pain or aching or a limp the award will be between £4,000 and £8,150. Straightforward foot injuries such as fractures, lacerations, contusions etc where there is complete or near complete recovery the ward will be up to £4,000.

Displaced metatarsal fractures resulting in permanent deformity and continuing symptoms will attract an award of £8,150 to £14,500.

Serious burns to the feet or an injury leading to a fusion with continuing pain and prolonged treatment will attract an award of £14,500 to £22,650.

Fractures of both heels or feet with substantial restriction on mobility or considerable or permanent pain will be worth £26,500 to £39,200.

Permanent and severe pain for example where there has been traumatic amputation of the forefoot and there is a risk of full amputation or cases where there is a loss of a substantial portion of the heel will attract an award of £48,850 to £63,625.

Amputation of one foot will attract an award of £48,850 to £63,625.

Amputation of both feet will attract an award of £98,500 to £117,000.