Personal injury claims for the last 3 tax years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25)
Case reference FOI2026/00931
Received 16 April 2026
Published 13 May 2026
Request
I am requesting this information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Could you please provide data in response to the following questions:
1. What is the total number of personal injury claims recorded against your council for the last three tax years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25), broken down by year?
2. How many of those claims outlined in question 1 were submitted:
- By employees
- By members of the public
3. What was the total amount paid out by your council as the result of personal injury claims against your council for the last three tax years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25), broken down by year?
4. What were the most common types of claim recorded against your council during the last three tax years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25), including but not limited to the following examples:
- Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs)
- Accidents at Work
- Public Liability Claims
- Industrial Disease
- Animal Accidents
- Criminal Injuries
- Travel Accidents
- Negligence
Response
I am requesting this information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Could you please provide data in response to the following questions:
1. What is the total number of personal injury claims recorded against your council for the last three tax years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25), broken down by year?
Answer: Please see the table below:
|
2022/23 |
18 claims |
|
2023/24 |
11 claims |
|
2024/25 |
18 claims |
2. How many of those claims outlined in question 1 were submitted:
- By employees
Answer: 2
- By members of the public
Answer: 45
3. What was the total amount paid out by your council as the result of personal injury claims against your council for the last three tax years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25), broken down by year?
Answer: Please see the table below:
|
2022/23 |
£66,232.34 |
|
2023/24 |
£40,975.00 |
|
2024/25 |
£51,789.66 |
Please note, some of the claims are still ongoing and therefore have not been included in the totals provided above.
4. What were the most common types of claim recorded against your council during the last three tax years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25), including but not limited to the following examples:
- Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs)
- Accidents at Work
- Public Liability Claims
- Industrial Disease
- Animal Accidents
- Criminal Injuries
- Travel Accidents
- Negligence
Answer: The Service Area have advised the majority of the claims received were Public Liability Claims.
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