Personal Injury Claims Statistics UK: 2025/26 Data
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The Compensation Recovery Unit registered 435,565 cases in Great Britain in 2025/26. Motor cases accounted for 300,867, or 69.1% calculated from the published total.

STATISTICS

All registered cases: 435,565
2025/26 | Great Britain
Cases registered with the Compensation Recovery Unit.

Motor: 300,867
2025/26 | Great Britain
69.1% of registered cases, calculated.

Public liability: 60,399
2025/26 | Great Britain
13.9% of registered cases, calculated.

Employer liability: 46,791
2025/26 | Great Britain
10.7% of registered cases, calculated.

Clinical negligence: 14,562
2025/26 | Great Britain
CRU registrations.

Other / liability not known: 12,292 / 654
2025/26 | Great Britain
Remaining registration categories.

COVERAGE
CRU compensation-case registrations in Great Britain, financial year April 2025 to March 2026. OIC figures separately cover eligible road-traffic injury claims in England and Wales for April–June 2026.

USING THESE STATISTICS
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SOURCES
1. DWP — Compensation Recovery Unit performance data
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/compensation-recovery-unit-performance-data/compensation-recovery-unit-performance-data

2. Official Injury Claim — Claims data, 1 April to 30 June 2026
https://www.officialinjuryclaim.org.uk/media/osknpodb/oic-april-june-2026-data-publication.pdf

3. Ministry of Justice — Whiplash reform programme: supporting information and documents
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/whiplash-reform-programme-information-and-faq