As part of your package holiday it is likely that you will have a transfer from the airport to your holiday accommodation. This transfer will probably be by way of a coach. Picture the scene, you have just arrived at your holiday destination and you walk outside the airport building to be presented with row after row of coaches, one of which is going to drive you to the hotel. For most holidaymakers this part of the holiday passes without incident. However, for some people the journey ends in tragedy.
As Tourism continues to grow and spreads to all areas of the world, coach crashes are becoming more frequent and deadly. As the demand for coach drivers increases many coach crashes have been attributed to drivers that are unlicensed or have had little or no training on how to drive a coach or bus. Required to work long hours without a break, some drivers in Asian countries have reportedly used drugs to ensure they keep awake whilst driving.
This problem has recently been highlighted following a number of high profile coach crashes in Malaysia. In December 2010, twenty-six holidaymakers died when the tourist coach that they were travelling on crashed and overturned. The coach was driving towards Kuala Lumpur when it span out of control and collided with a road barrier causing the coach to flip and overturn. Local police stated that the accident was caused by speeding or a possible failure of the coach's brakes. In another accident, a coach careered through a road barrier in Southern Malaysia, slamming into other vehicles on the road causing the deaths of 12 people and injuries to another 35. The road system in Malaysia is very good with a set speed limit of 70 mph; however reckless driving and speeding are quite common which often leads to accidents.
Coach crashes also commonly occur in European holiday destinations. British holidaymakers were caught up in a serious coach accident in Turkey recently. Barely 48 hours after setting off on their holiday 11 of the British Holidaymakers group had returned home following their ordeal after deciding to cut short their holidays. The crash involved an Airtours bus, a car and a further coach. Three British tourists were taken to hospital, two of them having suffered serious head trauma and one being put into intensive care. Five Turkish people were known to have died as a result of the accident. The crash is the latest in a line of serious coach accidents involving British holidaymakers in the past seven years and illustrates the dangers of travelling by coach in a foreign country.
If you have suffered injuries sustained in a coach crash whilst on holiday then you may be entitled to claim compensation for your coach accident. A lady from Coventry was recently successful in obtaining 瞿90,000 compensation for the serious injuries she suffered after a holiday coach crash accident in Malaysia. If you have been involved in a coach crash accident then contact a specialist holiday accident claims solicitor who may be able to assist you in claiming accident compensation on a 'no win, no fee' basis.
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