Neck complaints after collision and personal injury summarized
Between 15,000 and 30,000 people neck pain each year, usually after a car accident. Some call it whiplash , whiplash trauma, or whiplash syndrome. Others simply call it neck pain after a car accident. Essentially, it's the same thing: you've had a car accident and developed neck pain afterward.
Fortunately, most neck pain disappears within six months after a collision. About 80% of people are completely free of complaints one to two years after the collision. For 20% of people, neck pain doesn't disappear after a collision. In this case, the neck pain persists.
Neck pain after a collision almost always has financial consequences ( personal injury ). Think of additional expenses and lost income. You are also always entitled to compensation . This is compensation for your psychological distress.
If your neck pain persists for more than a few weeks after a collision, your expenses or lost income could quickly mount up. What then?
It's common practice—especially these days—to claim . This is always a professional insurer. They are responsible for covering the damages caused by your neck pain.
But that often causes you a lot of hassle and stress. And the liable insurer knows much more about neck injuries than you do. So how can you know if the other party is properly compensating your injury according to the rules?
It's therefore important for you to know what your "rights" are. One of those rights is that, if you experience neck pain after a collision, you can engage a specialized personal injury firm "at the liable party's expense.".
The costs of a personal injury lawyer must also be reimbursed by your opponent. This is in addition to your expenses, lost income, and compensation for pain and suffering. This means you are entitled to 100% free legal assistance .
Be sensible and always ask us for advice . It's completely free and without obligation .
We can tell you exactly what your situation is, what's best for you, and what your next steps should be. Afterward, you can decide for yourself what to do with our advice. Sounds safe, right?
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Ms. Juliette van Daal-Brienen,
Coordinator of the Personal Injury Helpdesk
Coordinator of the Personal Injury Helpdesk
Neck complaints after a collision
Neck complaints after a collision are caused by a violent swinging movement of your head in relation to your torso.
Generally, it involves a sudden, very quick movement without your head hitting anything. Whiplash is almost inevitable if you're hit from behind. But we also see neck pain after a collision following a head-on collision, a side impact, or a single-vehicle accident.
In a fraction of a second, your cervical spine is stretched and bent extremely backward and/or forward. This impact can cause whiplash injuries .
Very unpleasant symptoms can arise that make your normal functioning difficult or even impossible, sometimes for a long time.
In addition to neck complaints, there are often other complaints
Often, in addition to direct neck complaints, other complaints also occur after the collision, such as
- headache
- radiating pain to the shoulders, arms and sometimes fingers
- tinnitus
- nausea
- concentration problems
- forgetfulness
- dizziness
- balance disorders
- hypersensitivity to light and sound
- difficulty with multitasking
- noise intolerance
- psychological complaints
- short-tempered, more easily irritated/angry
- structural fatigue
- back pain
- loss of strength in arms.
For your own health, make sure you seek medical attention. This is especially true if your neck pain persists for more than a few hours or a day after a collision.
Neck complaints after collision and personal injury
Fortunately, neck pain after a collision usually doesn't have lasting consequences. Normally, your neck pain disappears within a few weeks. In any case, about 80% of people recover within a year.
But even over a period of weeks or months, your financial losses can mount significantly. What if you also become disabled and therefore lose income? Or do you only have basic health insurance and have to pay many of your medical expenses yourself? These are just a few examples of personal injury.
If it also takes longer for you to fully recover, or – worse yet – your neck pain is permanent, you'll face financial difficulties. You simply can't avoid claiming damages (additional costs and lost income) from the liable insurer.
In that case, it's definitely in your best interest to seek legal assistance. Because then, settling your personal injury claim will become quite complicated for you as a layperson. You can't do it yourself, not to mention the fact that you probably don't want all that hassle with the other party.
Hiring a personal injury firm is 100% free of charge for you. The other party must also reimburse our costs, separately from your own expenses, lost income, non-pecuniary damages, and other personal injury damages.
Always seek advice. It's always in your best interest. Together, we'll discuss the legal situation, any challenges you're facing, and the best course of action.
Do we think you'd be better off with our legal assistance? We'll explain why, and we'll explain that our specialized help won't cost you anything. After that, you can decide for yourself what to do with our advice. No obligation = no obligation!
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Consequences of neck complaints after a collision for compensation
Neck pain after a collision can quickly impact your daily life, both at home, socially, and at work. This can include:
- persistent pain complaints and possibly also cognitive limitations
- permanent (partial) disability
- problems with self-care
- problems in the household and care of your family
- problems with work in, on and around your home
- limitations in your social life
- limitations in your hobbies and free time
- difficulty relaxing
- participation in traffic
- lack of understanding from your loved ones and/or environment.
Some of these things can have financial consequences for you, especially when it comes to lost income due to disability. But all the expenses can quickly add up.
Neck complaints after a collision and compensation
One thing is certain: you cannot know for yourself what compensation you are entitled to and how to obtain it.
For this reason, you can't really do without legal help if you've suffered a whiplash injury. Engaging a specialized personal injury firm is crucial, and in this day and age, it's quite common.
Moreover, a liable insurer naturally has "principled legal objections" to neck complaints after a collision, because your neck complaints are "not objectively verifiable.".
Especially if your financial damage increases rapidly, such as in the case of loss of income, a lot of medical care or a great need for household help and support, this “hassle” quickly increases.
If you experience neck pain after a collision, you are always entitled to compensation for your personal injury. Your personal injury generally consists of:
- additional costs
- loss of income and
- loss of enjoyment of life (also called non-pecuniary damages).
The legal costs you incur for claiming your personal injury damages must also be reimbursed by the other party. You are entitled to 100% free legal assistance!
What does your personal injury compensation consist of?
Personal injury compensation for neck pain after a collision can consist of several components (damages). Below are the most important damages.
Additional costs and costs for assistance
- costs related to hospital visits and other visits to doctors and therapists
- transportation costs to and from your doctors and therapists
- deductible health insurance
- medical costs that are not reimbursed by health insurance
- physiotherapy
- costs of other treatments not reimbursed by your health insurer
- costs of home help or informal care
- reimbursements for informal care
- costs of adjustments in the home
- cost of resources
- costs of maintenance of your house or garden and
- any other additional costs incurred as a result of the accident.
Useless costs
Costs without benefit are costs that you incurred before the accident and from which you no longer have any benefit.
Loss of income
- your employer only partially pays your salary
- you work through a temporary employment agency and only receive 70% of your salary
- you will no longer be called up and paid on your zero-hours contract
- you will no longer be called up on your on-call contract
- no extension of your annual contract
- dismissal during your probationary period
- lack of extra scheduled working days, irregular hours allowance, overtime
- no profit sharing or a bonus
- you are missing time-for-time build-up
- you miss out on a promotion or salary increase
- You are an entrepreneur or self-employed person and no longer receive any income at all.
Study cost delay
- you have to repeat your academic year, with all the additional costs that entails
- You enter the job market a year later and therefore only start earning a salary later.
Non-pecuniary damages
If you suffer neck pain after a collision, you are also always entitled to compensation . Compensation for pain and suffering is financial compensation for your psychological damage, such as pain, suffering, and diminished enjoyment of life.
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- Highly experienced (registered) experts & lawyers
- 15,000+ people helped, customer rating > 9
- Always 100% free legal assistance
Often 'hassle' about compensation for neck complaints
To put it mildly, liable insurers naturally have great difficulty with claims for neck complaints after a collision.
You won't immediately notice this in the first few weeks or months after the accident. But if your recovery takes longer, or your expenses and loss of income quickly mount, they will simply refuse to continue compensating you for your injuries. Or they will try to "buy off" your injuries for far too low an amount (called a "buy-off sum" or "pragmatic settlement").
For no other type of injury are the differences between your reality and the liable insurer's position as great as with neck pain after a collision, despite insurers being repeatedly ruled against by the courts.
Neck pain after a collision is therefore only recognized for a few weeks or months. The same applies if your financial loss accrues too quickly for the liable insurer, such as in the case of loss of income.
You might not be aware of which components should be included in your personal injury compensation claim. That's understandable. Each claim has its own "different rules." Determining your compensation for neck pain after a collision is a complex matter that requires considerable expertise.
Always contact a personal injury agency if you have neck complaints after a collision
As mentioned, legal disputes often arise regarding neck pain after a collision. If your neck pain doesn't recover, or only after a prolonged period, the liable insurer will always raise a fuss about your compensation.
That's precisely why we always recommend seeking legal assistance immediately after the accident. Especially when you know our assistance is 100% free of charge.
Our costs must also be reimbursed by the other party, separately from your own compensation. This is legally regulated in Article 6:96 .
Without specialist help , you run the risk of receiving insufficient compensation for your neck complaints after a collision and therefore still ending up in financial difficulties.
Therefore, always ask for advice . Together, we can discuss the situation and determine your best course of action. Our advice is 100% free of charge, and any assistance we provide with your personal injury claim is entirely free of charge .
Neck injuries after a collision. Always ask us for advice!
If your damage exceeds "a few dozen or hundreds of euros," it's always best to seek free, no-obligation advice. Safety first!
Request advice now. It's free and without obligation. If we think our help is in your best interest, we'll let you know right away, and we'll give you a written guarantee that our assistance won't cost you anything. We promise!
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How can I help you?
Ms. Juliette van Daal-Brienen,
Coordinator of the Personal Injury Helpdesk
Coordinator of the Personal Injury Helpdesk
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About the author
The information on this page was written by Juliëtte van Daal-Brienen , coordinator of the Personal Injury Helpdesk and a specialist in liability, insurance law, and personal injury. The content is based entirely on the daily practice of Juliëtte's Helpdesk.
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When can I claim personal injury damages?
You can claim damages for personal injury injury (been injured) due to the fault of another person
Personal injury can be caused by, for example:
In addition, you may think of injuries sustained during:
- organized trip
- unsafe product or
- fall at someone else's home, in a shop or on the street
It's best not to wait too long to file a personal injury claim. It's best to do so immediately after the accident.
Even if it is not yet clear at that time what your injury and its financial consequences consist of.
However, someone else must liable and must have taken out liability insurance for this (AVP/AVB/WA).
Even if you caused the accident yourself , you can sometimes still claim damages for your injuries. For example, if you SVI (Passenger Injury Insurance) or SVO (Passenger Injury Insurance).
Are you unsure whether and when you are entitled to personal injury compensation ?
Don't hesitate to contact us now for a free, no-obligation consultation . It's free , and you'll know exactly where you stand. Afterward, you can decide for yourself what to do with our advice.
What injuries do you treat?
We can actually help you with all types of personal injury
Van der Toorn Personal Injury can help you with all types of injuries. We specialize in handling "serious personal injuries," such as:
- brain injury (ABI)
- spinal cord injury
- burns
- dystrophy
- bone fractures and
- cosmetic injury.
But we're also happy to help you if someone else has suffered an injury, such as neck injuries, whiplash , back injuries , bruises, sprains, dog bites, temporary injuries, and so on.
We cannot help with all types of personal injury
The only thing we cannot help you with is personal injury caused by:
- violence
- medical errors and/or
- situations of abuse.
In that situation, we will of course refer you to a party that is specialized in this.
Always request free, no-obligation advice on personal injury claims
Do you have questions about your personal injury? Or are you unsure if we're the right place for you?
Please do not hesitate to ask us for a complete and free, no-obligation personal injury claim consultation.
When should I contact you?
You don't have to! But it's in your best interest to contact as soon as possible
Only then can you be sure there's someone who's thinking solely about your interests . Because that's our job: thinking about yours .
But what is: as quickly as possible?
Sometimes an insurance company will contact you very shortly after the accident. They'll ask how you're doing and also ask for all sorts of other information.
You can't know if that insurer is legally asking too many questions about your health before the accident and which doctors you've seen. You'd rather avoid that, right? So never wait too long to contact a personal injury firm .
It's also likely that you'll quickly incur significant expenses . Or your income may disappear. We'll handle the initial damage payments from the other party. Then you can focus on your recovery.
Would you like to know what's best for you? Don't hesitate to us without obligation
We'll give you clear advice right away . Then you can decide for yourself what to do with it.
If we think we can help you, we will let you know right away.
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What personal injury compensation amounts am I entitled to?
The personal injury compensation amounts you are entitled to are:
Allowances for additional assistance , such as:
- household help, shopping, taking children to school, etc.
- help in the garden and
- help with the maintenance and painting of your home.
In addition, your personal injury may have consequences for your income , such as:
- income that is not fully paid (self-employed person, temporary worker, zero-hour contract, etc.)
- no more irregular hours allowance
- no longer being able to work overtime
- missed promotions and
- missed pension accrual
Finally, you can think of other very important personal injury damages amounts , such as:
- Study delay
- Reintegration costs for guidance to other work
- Costs associated with admission to a hospital or rehabilitation center
- Travel expenses
- Medical expenses
- Non-pecuniary damages
- Economic vulnerability
- Statutory interest
- Furthermore, all costs that you would not have incurred without the accident…
- For example, the wages you did not receive because you could not go to work.
- Gasoline because you had to go to the hospital or the physiotherapist.
- Medicines that were covered by your deductible.
In addition, you are always entitled to compensation for pain and suffering, also known as non-material damages.
This is compensation for "loss of enjoyment of life." Your damages should compensate you for your grief, pain, and anything else that might have made you less happy than before the accident.
Unfortunately, Dutch law is not generous in awarding damages for pain and suffering. Therefore, the amounts awarded in the Netherlands are not considered "fair enough.".
If you'd like to learn more about non-pecuniary damages, click here . If you'd like to learn more about personal injury damages, click here .
Calculating non-pecuniary damages
Calculating non-pecuniary damages:
You are always entitled to compensation for pain and suffering. This is the "non-pecuniary component" of your personal injury compensation.
What is non-pecuniary damages?
Non-pecuniary damages are not, in themselves, a "hard legal term." They are compensation for damages that cannot be expressed in monetary terms.
So, everything that doesn't fall under additional costs or lost income. It's essentially compensation for your "mental damage.".
How to calculate non-pecuniary damages
People often ask us at the very beginning of their personal injury case how much compensation they are entitled to.
That question is actually impossible to answer. And any personal injury lawyer who claims otherwise is mistaken.
When can you calculate my non-pecuniary damages?
Your compensation for pain and suffering can only be definitively determined at the end of your personal injury case.
Only then will it be known what psychological consequences your injury has had and/or will have for you.
Because it is the psychological consequences that largely determine your compensation for non-pecuniary damages.
Important factors in calculating non-pecuniary damages
Important factors for calculating your non-pecuniary damages include:
- the nature of your injury
- the severity of your injury
- your age
- your gender
- your level of consciousness
- whether you will have permanent scars and where those scars are located
- whether you have physical limitations that affect your quality of life
- how much pain have you suffered and continue to suffer
- how long your recovery period was and
- whether you have recovered at all or whether there is permanent damage.
Indication calculation of non-pecuniary damages:
We cannot predict exactly how much your compensation for non-pecuniary damages will be.
What we can do is give you a general indication of the amount of compensation you will receive.
If this sounds appealing, contact us today for a free, honest consultation . Afterward, you can decide for yourself what to do with it.
We are happy to help you calculate and claim your compensation for pain and suffering and other personal injury damages , such as your additional costs and lost income .
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Stories from the field
After the collision, we started having neck pain; we could no longer work..
It happened when I was driving to work with a colleague. Just on the highway, not even in a traffic jam. It was, of course, busy during the morning rush hour. We were going about 70 km/h. Someone behind us wasn't paying attention and crashed right into us. We didn't see it coming at all.
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