What is Car Accident Compensation Calculator?
After a crash, people want two different kinds of clarity: how much the car repair or replacement might run, and what kind of number might eventually sit on the table for injury-related harms when documentation exists. This calculator keeps those ideas separate enough to be honest—property damage is often more concrete, while injury components vary wildly by facts.
We add a deliberately coarse “severity band” that nudges a general-damages style layer on top of medical and wage specials. It is not a medical model and not a legal verdict. It is a structured way to think about why two crashes with the same sheet metal bill can still settle differently once people are hurt.
How It Works
Enter vehicle or property damage as a dollar line item. Add medical expenses you treat as tied to the incident and lost wages you can document. Pick a severity band that roughly matches how heavy treatment was—this only adjusts a multiplier-style layer on the economic injury stack, then sums with property damage for a single illustrative total.
Formula
Economic injury stack = Medical + Lost wages General layer (illustrative) = Economic injury stack × Band factor Illustrative total = Property damage + Economic injury stack + General layer
Formula Explained
Band factors are stand-ins for conversation, not biology. Real claims involve imaging, permanence, future care, and credibility. Use bands to compare scenarios, not to predict a jury.
Example
Property $4,500; medical $12,000; wages $3,500; moderate band. You will see property separated from the injury stack, then a general layer added before a combined illustration—still not a payout promise.
Tips & Best Practices
- ✓Photos, police report, and timely treatment notes matter more than a big number on a website.
- ✓Rental car and diminished value claims may be separate—ask your adjuster or lawyer.
Common Use Cases
- •Understanding why property damage and injury value diverge
- •Preparing questions before speaking with counsel