How the Crash Happened

For more detailed information about claims involving passenger vehicles, commercial trucks, or motorcycles, visit our Car Accident, Truck Accident, and Motorcycle Accident resources.

• Bicycle Accidents — Bicycle Accidents

  Bicycle crashes can involve a vehicle striking a rider, a driver opening a door into a cyclist’s path, unsafe passing, or turning conflicts. Fault depends on the circumstances and applicable state law. Helmet use may affect injuries, but it does not by itself determine who caused the crash.

• Distracted Driving Accidents — Distracted Driving Accidents

  Distracted driving includes visual, manual, or cognitive distractions that take attention away from driving. Phone use, in-vehicle screens, food, passengers, and other activities may become relevant. A citation or evidence of phone use can support an investigation, but a civil claim still requires proof of negligence, causation, and damages.

• Drunk Driving Accidents — Drunk Driving Accidents

  A crash involving an impaired driver can lead to a criminal prosecution and a separate civil injury claim. Evidence from the criminal investigation or a conviction may be relevant to the civil case, but it does not by itself determine damages, insurance coverage, or the outcome of the injury claim.

• Head-On Collisions — Head-On Collisions

  A head-on collision occurs when the fronts of two vehicles collide, often while traveling in opposite directions. An investigation may focus on center-line crossings, unsafe passing, wrong-way driving, fatigue, impairment, roadway conditions, and available vehicle or scene data.

• Hit-and-Run Accidents — Hit-and-Run Accidents

  A hit-and-run occurs when a driver leaves the scene after a collision. Uninsured motorist coverage may provide a source of recovery depending on the policy, applicable state law, and any valid coverage rejection or selection. Reporting the crash and giving the insurer required notice may also be important.

• Multi-Vehicle Accidents — Multi-Vehicle Accidents

  A multi-vehicle crash involves three or more vehicles and can create disputes about the sequence of impacts, the actions of each driver, and which insurance policies apply. Determining responsibility may require evidence from multiple vehicles and witnesses.

• Pedestrian Accidents — Pedestrian Accidents

  Pedestrian crashes can occur in crosswalks, intersections, parking areas, roadsides, and other locations where vehicles and people on foot cross paths. Fault depends on the circumstances, including right of way, traffic signals, visibility, driver conduct, pedestrian conduct, and applicable state law.

• Rear-End Accidents — Rear-End Accidents

  A rear-end collision occurs when one vehicle strikes the back of another. The trailing driver is often the focus of the investigation, but fault can depend on following distance, speed, brake lights, traffic conditions, sudden movements, and whether another vehicle contributed to the collision.

• Rideshare Accidents — Rideshare Accidents

  A crash involving an Uber, Lyft, or other transportation network company driver can involve different insurance coverage depending on the driver’s app status. Alabama and Georgia impose insurance requirements during defined rideshare activity, while a driver’s personal automobile policy may exclude some coverage while the driver is logged on.

• Side-Impact and T-Bone Crashes — Side-Impact and T-Bone Crashes

  A side-impact or T-bone collision occurs when the front of one vehicle strikes the side of another. These crashes commonly involve intersections, turns, traffic signals, stop signs, or failures to yield. Fault depends on the evidence showing each vehicle’s movement and right of way.

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