Personal injury claims

I would like to request a copy of the total number of personal injury claims submitted to you between January 2019 and June 2023 including their value?

Please could you itemise these claims, ie, number of trip claims in 2019; pothole damage in 2020 etc…

Also do you have a yearly cost that you have paid out for these claims?

Please see the table below:

 

 

 

 

Count of Claim Reference Sum of Injury Paid
2019
Abuse 6 £70,000.00
Damage/Injury By Staff 1 £0.00
Defective Property 2 £0.00
Failure By DCC Staff 2 £0.00
Highway – Ice On Road 2 £0.00
Highway-Mud/Muck On Road 1 £0.00
Highway (H’way) -Traffic Calming 2 £9,988.53
H’way – Debris/Spills 2 £0.00
H’way – Defect In Footway 58 £9,323.00
H’way – Defect In Road 40 £23,120.00
H’way – Slippery Surface 1 £282.00
H’way – Street Furniture 2 £0.00
School – Acc. In Class 1 £837.50
School – Acc. O/S Class 1 £0.00
Trees – Fallen Tree/Brnch 2 £3,075.00
Trees – Roots 2 £0.00
Uncoded 3 £0.00
2020
Abuse 5 £25,000.00
Bullying 1 £275.00
Control/Supervision 2 £282.00
Defamation 1 £0.00
Failure By DCC Staff 5 £9,330.00
Highway – Ice On Road 1 £0.00
H’way – Debris/Spills 4 £0.00
H’way – Defect In Footway 51 £2,000.00
H’way – Defect In Road 56 £30,480.67
H’way – Flooding/Drainage 2 £552.00
H’way – Slippery Surface 1 £0.00
H’way – Street Furniture 7 £12,214.00
H’way -Inadequate Signs 2 £0.00
School – Acc. O/S Class 2 £0.00
Trees – Fallen Tree/Brnch 2 £0.00
Trees – Roots 2 £16,726.00
2021
Abuse 3 £60,000.00
Control/Supervision 1 £275.00
Damage/Injury By Staff 1 £0.00
Defective Property 1 £0.00
Failure By DCC Staff 7 £57,500.00
Highway – Ice On Road 4 £0.00
H’way – Debris/Spills 4 £0.00
H’way – Defect In Footway 69 £20,080.00
H’way – Defect In Road 58 £7,440.46
H’way – Off Carriageway 4 £0.00
H’way – Slippery Surface 1 £0.00
H’way – Street Furniture 5 £0.00
School – Acc. In Class 1 £0.00
Trees – Fallen Tree/Brnch 1 £0.00
2022
Abuse 5 £15,000.00
Defective Equipment 2 £0.00
Defective Property 1 £350.00
Failure By DCC Staff 5 £624.00
Highway-Traffic Calming 1 £0.00
H’way – Debris/Spills 4 £0.00
H’way – Defect In Footway 61 £0.00
H’way – Defect In Road 73 £641.16
H’way – Flooding/Drainage 2 £0.00
H’way – Off Carriageway 1 £0.00
H’way – Slippery Surface 2 £0.00
H’way – Street Furniture 4 £0.00
H’way -Inadequate Signs 2 £3,058.50
School – Acc. In Class 1 £0.00
School – Acc. O/S Class 2 £525.00
School – Stdnt Sport Acc. 1 £2,000.00
Trees – Fallen Tree/Brnch 1 £0.00
Trees – Roots 1 £0.00
Uncoded 2 £0.00
2023 (1st January 30th June)
Failure By DCC Staff 1 £0.00
Highway – Design Problems 2 £0.00
Highway – Ice On Road 1 £0.00
Highway – Street Lighting 1 £0.00
H’way – Debris/Spills 1 £0.00
H’way – Defect In Footway 19 £0.00
H’way – Defect In Road 37 £0.00
H’way – Off Carriageway 1 £0.00
H’way – Slippery Surface 3 £0.00
H’way – Street Furniture 1 £0.00
H’way-Inadequate Fencing 1 £0.00
School – Acc. In Class 3 £1,120.00
School – Acc. O/S Class 1 £744.00
Trees – Roots 1 £0.00
Uncoded 2 £0.00
Grand Total 678 £382,843.82

Including yearly totals:

Row Labels Count of Claim Reference Sum of Injury Paid
2019 128 £116,626.03
2020 144 £96,859.67
2021 160 £145,295.46
2022 171 £22,198.66
2023 75 £1,864.00
Grand Total 678 £382,843.82