Fatal Accidents Act 1976 Calculator

Calculate damages for fatal accident claims including dependency periods, multipliers, and bereavement awards

How to use this calculator
Enter the deceased's income, the dependency percentages for each dependant, and the multiplier. The calculator computes the dependency claim under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976.
Global Information
Deceased Details
Dependants

Add each dependant and define their dependency period separately in the Dependency Periods tab.

Name Relationship Sex Date of Birth Retire Age Life Exp. Age at Death Age at Trial Life Multiplier
Bereavement Award

Bereavement Award

£0.00

Past Dependency (Death to Trial)

Add each period of past dependency. Enter the deceased's income and any other household income (e.g. spouse) separately — the net dependency is calculated using the Harris v Empress Motors method: (joint income × (1 − deduction%)) − other income. If there is no other income, leave at 0.

Description From To Years Deceased Income (£) Other Income (£) Conv. Deduction Net Annual (£) Multiplier Total (£)

Subtotal Past Dependency

£0.00

Interest on Past Dependency

Interest on past dependency is typically awarded at half the special account rate from date of death to trial.

Interest on Past Dependency

£0.00

Past Dependency + Interest

£0.00

Future Dependency (After Trial)

Add each period of future dependency. Multipliers are calculated using the Ogden annuity formula with the selected discount rate.

Description From To Years Deceased Income (£) Other Income (£) Conv. Deduction Net Annual (£) Multiplier Total (£)

Subtotal Future Dependency

£0.00

Total All Dependency (Past + Interest + Future)

£0.00

Services Dependency (Optional)

Services Dependency Total

£0.00

Funeral Expenses