GBP 75 million in compensation for personal injury claims has been paid out by the councils in the past 5 years according to the data released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Charles Hadfield, General Manager at Personal Injury Group, commented: "For a personal injury claim to result in a pay out to the claimant, the defendant, in this case the councils, either have to concede negligence or it has to have been found they were negligent in court. So the problem is really down to council failure to avoid preventable accidents and injuries."
Furthermore, the amount each council has paid out was also made available. Spending GBP 4.9 million in the five year period, Brighton Council was the hardest hit by compensation claims,. Manchester City Council paid out GBP 2.6 million in compensation over the same period.