SMITH AND SMITH v. BLACKBURN

[1974] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 229

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

Before Mr. Justice O'Connor

Damages - Personal injury - Head-on collision between cars on flyover - Driver and passenger in one car injured - Driver receiving cut on head and broken ankle - Passenger's face and thigh lacerated - Admission of liability by other driver who had driven up flyover the wrong way - Quantum of damages - Whether damages should be reduced because seat belts not being worn by driver and passenger. Negligence - Seat belts - Whether driver guilty of contributory negligence in not wearing seat belt.