A head injury like any other injury can vary in severity. It may be an injury where there has been a significant impact on the head, but the skull has remained intact, it may be an injury which involves a fracture in the bones of the skull, and/or it may have caused damage to the brain. The level of damages will vary according to the injury and also its severity i.e. the period taken to recover, extent of the continuing symptoms, degree of insight, life expectancy, extent of physical limitations, degree of dependence on others, behavioural abnormality, depression together with a number of other considerations depending on the nature of the injury.

Very severe brain damage: £185,000 to £265,000

Moderately severe brain damage: £144,000 to £185,000

Moderate brain damage: £28,250 to £144,000

Minor brain damage: £10,000 to £28,250

Minor head injury: £1,450 to £8,400

Epilepsy- Established Grand Mal: £66,000 to £98,500

Epilepsy- Established Petit Mal: £36,000 to £86,000

Other Epileptic Conditions: £7,000 to £17,250
 

Quadriplegia £212,500 to £265,000

Severe neck injury £16,400 to £97,500

Moderate neck injury £5,150 to £16,400

Minor neck injury £875 to £5,150 

Severe shoulder injury £12,600 to £31,500

Serious shoulder injury £8,400 to £12,600

Moderate shoulder injury £5,150 to £8,400

Fractured clavicle £3,400 to £8,000

Minor shoulder injury up to £5,150 

Severely disabling elbow injury £25,750 to £36,000

Less severe elbow injury £10,300 to £21,000

Moderate elbow injury up to £8,250 

Total loss of both hands £92,000 to £132,000

Total loss of one hand £63,000 to £72,000

Total loss of thumb £23,250 to £36,000

Severe hand injuries £36,000 to £55,500

Serious hand injury £19,000 to £40,650

Moderate hand injury £4,100 to £8,700

Minor hand injury £600 to £2,850

Vibration White Finger £25,250

Removal of a lung/heart damage: £66,000 to £98,500

Severe chest injury: £43,000 to £66,000

Moderately severe chest injury: £20,500 to £36,000

Moderate chest injury: £8,250 to £11,800

Collapsed lungs with full recovery: £1,450 to £3,500

Fractured ribs: up to £2,600 

Severe pelvic/hip injury £25,750 to £86,000

Moderate pelvic/hip injury £17,500 to £25,750

Injuries of limited severity £8,250 to £17,500

Lesser pelvic/hip injury £2,600 to £8,250 

Total loss of both legs £158,000 to £185,000

Above-knee amputation one leg £63,000 to £92,000

Severe leg injury £63,000 to £89,000

Very serious leg injury £36,000 to £55,000

Serious leg injury £25,750 to £36,000

Moderate leg injury 318,250 to £25,750

Fractured femur £6,000 to £18,250

Very severe knee injury £45,750 to £63,500

Severe knee injury £34,250 to £45,750

Serious knee injury £17,500 to £28,250

Moderate knee injury £9,750 to £17,500

Modest knee injury- up to £9,000 

Very severe ankle injury £32,750 to £45,750

Severe ankle injury £20,500 to £32,750

Moderate ankle injury £8,700 to £17,500

Modest ankle injury up to £9,000 

Achillies tendon injury £4,850 to £25,250

Amputation of both feet £111,000 to £132,500

Amputation of one foot £55,000 to £72,000

Severe foot injury £30,000 to £72,000

Serious foot injury £16,400 to £25,750

Moderate foot injury £9,000 to £16,400

Modest foot injury upto £9,000

Below-knee amputation both legs £132,000 to £177,500

Below-knee amputation one leg £63,000 to £92,000

Severe leg injury £63,000 to £89,000

Very serious leg injury £36,000 to £55,500

Serious leg injury £25,750 to £36,000

Moderate leg injury £18,250 to £25,750

Leg fracture up to £18,250

Male

Total impotence and sterility in young men with no children- around £97,500

Total impotence in middle-aged family man £28,250 to £51,500

Sterility without impotence in young man with no children £37,000 to £46,750

Sterility without impotence in a middle-aged family man £15,500 to £20,500

Female

Infertility with associated depression, pain and scarring £75,500 to £111,000

Infertility in a woman with children, no complications £11,800 to £24,100

Failed sterilisation, no depression: In the region of £6,750

Severe arm injury £63,000 to £86,000

Below-elbow amputation £63,000 to £72,000

Permanent disabling arm injury £25,750 to £39,300

Less severe arm injury £12,600 to £25,750

Simple forearm fracture £4,350 to £12,600

Total loss of both arms £158,000 to £197,000

Amputation of one arm above elbow £72,000 to £86,000

Severe arm injury £63,000 to £86,000

Permanent disabling arm injury £25,750 to £39,300

Less severe arm injury £12,600 to £25,750

A dental injury will usually result in extensive treatment, the costs of which may be recoverable. The damages for pain and suffering may include:

Loss/serious damage to several front teeth £5,750 to £7,500

Loss/serious damage to two front teeth £2,850 to £5,000

Loss/serious damage to one front tooth £1,450 to £2,600

Loss damage to back tooth £720 to £1,125 per tooth

Total loss of taste and smell: In the region of £25,750

Total loss of smell and significant loss of taste: £21,600 to £25,750

Loss of smell: £16,400 to £21,600

Loss of taste: £12,600 to £16,400

An eye injury can have serious implications on a person’s life, especially if it results in vision impairment. The amount of damages is designed to reflect the seriousness of the implications.

Total blindness and deafness: In the region of £265,000

Total blindness: In the region of £175,000

Total loss of sight in one eye: £32,250 to £36,000

Total loss of one eye: £36,000 to £43,000

Minor eye injuries £2,600 to £5,750

Short-lived eye injuries £1,450 to £2,600

Loss of hearing can cause difficulties both socially and at work, and the level of damages are designed to reflect this.

Total deafness £59,500 to £72,000

Total hearing loss in one ear £20,500 to £30,000

Severe tinnitus/hearing loss £19,500 to £30,000

Moderate tinnitus/hearing loss £9,750 to £19,500

Mild tinnitus with some hearing loss £8,250 to £9,570

Slight tinnitus with slight hearing loss £4,850 to £8,250