Compensation for this injury varies greatly. "Severe" injuries ( £16,000 - £95,000) are where there is "permanent spastic quadriparesis, or ruptured tendons, or less severe injuries that require spinal fusion".  "Moderate" injuries (£5,000 - £16,000) include cases involving whiplash or wreching type injuries with little recovery.  "Minor" injuries (£850- £5,000) include "soft tissue and whiplash injuries with less severe symptoms" from which you might recover from between a few weeks and about two years.