The number of personal injury (PI) claims registered with the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) has fallen to a new low this year – 14% below even the worst of the Covid period.

And the number of motor claims has also fallen to its lowest.

The latest CRU figures show there were 103,556 claims in the second quarter of 2025, down from 106,113 in the first quarter – which had been the worst since quarterly reporting was introduced in 2018.

In the same quarter in 2019, the figure was 193,862, which fell to 120,926 in the second quarter of 2020, which was when the country was in lockdown.

This year, there were 72,534 motor claims between 1 April and 30 June, less than half of the number of the same quarter in 2019, before Covid and the Official Injury Claim portal.

The 10,306 employer’s lia

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