RTA (Road Traffic Accident) or RTC (Road Traffic Crash)
This covers not just a car crash but any vehicle on a road or car park, whether a car, van, bus, motorbike, scooter, bicycle and pedestrians. Common injuries are whiplash, bruising, broken bones and psychological injury ranging from shock to depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Do not underestimate that side of things as it c
an be worse than the physical injury and can occur whatever type of accident you were in and even if you just witness a bad accident. Falls: Slip, Trip, Push
We often laugh, but these accidents can be extremely painful, especially if falling from a height. Sometimes they are in leisure time and sometimes at work (eg factory, ladders, scaffolding). Work Accidents / Industrial Injury
However seriously your employer takes Health & Safety, accidents will happen. We all have a responsibility to keep the workplace safe but the law requires action by employers, not just words.
