£142,500 in damages over road crossing injury

A woman who was injured whilst crossing the road has received £142,500 in damages. She was using a pedestrian crossing and the lights had turned to green allowing pedestrians to cross. She was then hit by the defendant’s car which was reversing back onto the pedestrian crossing. As a result of the collision, she sustained a serious fracture of the hip. The injury meant that she was unable to work for a significant period of time and had to be cared for by her husband and family.