Whiplash claims dwarf the number of workplace injury claims

Research published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) exposes for the first time the scale and the cost of the UK’s whiplash epidemic.  

Every day, nearly 1,200 people claim for whiplash following a motor collision. This figure has risen by a quarter in the last five years, and is six times the number of workplace injury claims made each year.  

To stem the tide, the ABI has joined forces with motoring and road safety groups to set out a programme for act... (255 more words)

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