How much is my personal injury claim worth?
Knowing how much personal injury compensation you might be entitled to will help you decide whether to make a personal injury claim.
Each claim is different so we would not be able to value your injuries without talking to you first and obtaining medical evidence to support your claim. However, the details below provide a rough guide to the typical compensation awards you might expect to receive for different injuries you may suffer from. Click the description to see the potential value of a claim.
| Injuries involving paralysis |
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| Quadriplegia |
£232,250 |
| Paraplegia |
£160,750 |
| Head injuries |
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| Brain damage |
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| Very severe brain damage |
£218,875 |
| Moderately severe brain damage |
£160,000 |
| Moderate brain damage |
£118,000 |
| Minor head injury |
£4,750 |
| Minor brain damage |
£18,687 |
| Epilepsy |
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| Established grand petit mal |
£80,125 |
| Established petit mal |
£59,375 |
| Other epileptic conditions |
£11,750 |
| Psychiatric damage |
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| Severe psychiatric damage |
£54,000 |
| Moderately severe psychiatric damage |
£23,625 |
| Moderate psychiatric damage |
£8,000 |
| Minor psychiatric damage |
£2,375 |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder |
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| Severe post-traumatic stress disorder |
£52,125 |
| Moderately severe post-traumatic stress disorder |
£25,913 |
| Moderate post-traumatic stress disorder |
£10,038 |
| Minor post-traumatic stress disorder |
£3,875 |
| Chronic pain |
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| Chronic pain syndrome |
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| Severe |
£33,750 |
| Moderate |
£13,987 |
| Muscle pain |
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| Fibromyalgia |
£31,250 |
| Fatigue |
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| Chronic fatigue syndrome (in the region of) |
£32,000 |
| Reflex sympathetic dystrophy |
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| Severe |
£48,375 |
| Moderate |
£20,375 |
| Somatoform disorder (in the region of) |
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| Somatoform Pain Disorder |
£29,000 |
| Injuries affecting the senses |
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| Injuries affecting sight |
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| Total blindness and deafness (in the region of) |
£255,000 |
| Total blindness (in the region of) |
£255,000 |
| Loss of sight in one eye with reduced vision in the remaining eye |
£88,250 |
| Total loss of one eye |
£54,125 |
| Complete loss of sight in one eye |
£33,250 |
| Serious but incomplete loss of vision in one eye |
£20,125 |
| Minor but permanent impairment of vision in one eye |
£10,687 |
| Minor eye injuries |
£4,050 |
| Transient eye injuries |
£1,950 |
| Deafness |
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| Total deafness and loss of speech |
£80,000 |
| Total deafness |
£64,000 |
| Total loss of hearing in one ear |
£24,500 |
| Partial hearing loss/tinnitus |
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| Severe |
£24,000 |
| Moderate |
£14,250 |
| Mild with some hearing loss |
£8,750 |
| Slight of occasional tinnitus with slight hearing loss |
£6,375 |
| Impairment of taste and smell |
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| Total loss of taste and smell (in the region of) |
£25,000 |
| Total loss of smell and significant loss of taste |
£23,000 |
| Loss of smell |
£18,500 |
| Loss of taste |
£14,125 |
| Injuries to internal organs |
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| Chest |
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| Chest injuries |
£80,125 |
| Lungs |
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| Lung disease |
£75,375 |
| Asbestos-related disease |
£67,000 |
| Asthma |
£24,750 |
| Reproductive system: male |
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| Reproductive impotence |
£95,000 |
| Reproductive system: female |
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| Infertility |
£90,750 |
| Digestive system |
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| Damage resulting from traumatic injury |
£33,500 |
| Illness/damage resulting from non-traumatic injury e.g. food poisoning |
£29,000 |
| Kidney |
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| Damage resulting from injury or illness |
£121,000 |
| Bowels |
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| Damage resulting from injury or illness |
£96,000 |
| Bladder |
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| Damage resulting from injury or illness |
£90,000 |
| Spleen |
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| Damage resulting from injury or illness |
£15,000 |
| Hernia |
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| Damage resulting from injury or illness |
£12,450 |
| Neck injuries |
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| Severe |
£95,000 |
| Moderate |
£12,375 |
| Minor |
£3,875 |
| Back injuries |
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| Severe |
£86,125 |
| Moderate |
£21,250 |
| Minor (up to) |
£6,500 |
| Shoulder injuries |
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| Severe |
£21,500 |
| Serious |
£10,175 |
| Moderate |
£6,550 |
| Minor (up to) |
£5,000 |
| Fracture of clavicle |
£5,000 |
| Injuries to the pelvis and hips |
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| Severe |
£66,750 |
| Moderate |
£21,000 |
| Injuries of limited severity |
£12,500 |
| Lesser injuries (up to) |
£5,250 |
| Amputation of arms |
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| Both arms |
£172,750 |
| One arm |
£87,500 |
| Other arm injuries |
£12,250 |
| Hand injuries |
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| From loss of both hands to amputation of finger/fingers |
£109,500 |
| Serious hand injuries |
£29,000 |
| Moderate |
£6,250 |
| Minor |
£1,675 |
| Injuries to finger/s (up to) |
£23,500 |
| Injuries to thumb (up to) |
£35,000 |
| Vibration white finger and/or hand-arm vibration syndrome |
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| Most serious |
£22,375 |
| Moderate |
£8,125 |
| Minor |
£3,700 |
| Leg injuries |
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| Amputations |
£180,000 |
| Severe leg injuries |
£74,000 |
| Less serious leg injuries (up to) |
£15,250 |
| Knee injuries |
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| Severe |
£53,000 |
| Moderate (up to) |
£14,750 |
| Ankle injuries |
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| Severe |
£38,250 |
| Moderate (up to) |
£14,750 |
| Foot injuries |
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| Amputation of both feet |
£118,250 |
| Amputation of one foot |
£61,750 |
| Severe injury |
£20,500 |
| Moderate |
£12,375 |
| Modest (up to) |
£8,750 |
| Toe injuries |
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| Amputation of all toes |
£29,625 |
| Amputation of the great toe (in the region of) |
£20,000 |
| Severe toe injuries |
£10,500 |
| Moderate (up to) |
£6,150 |
| Facial injuries |
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| Skeletal injuries |
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| Le Fort fractures of frontal facial bones |
£19,375 |
| Multiple fractures of facial bones |
£12,375 |
| Fractures of nose or nasal complex |
£1,350 |
| Fractures of cheekbones |
£8,300 |
| Very serious fracture of jaws |
£24,250 |
| Damage to teeth |
£7,250 |
| Facial disfigurement |
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| Females – scarring |
£62,000 |
| Males – scarring |
£42,000 |
| Scarring of other parts of the body |
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|
£9,000 |
| Damage to hair |
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£7,000 |
| Dermatitis |
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£12,250 |
Contact our Freephone helpline on 0800 32132 87 to see if you are entitled to claim compensation or simply fill out our online enquiry form.