Idaho Law Blog
Idaho State Police are continuing their investigation of a crash involving a single vehicle that occurred on December 11th, 2024. The crash took place on Upper River Road near block 1700.
The single vehicle involved was a silver 2012 Kia Sorento driven by an 18-year-old man from Sandpoint, Idaho. As he was traveling westbound, at roughly 2:54 a.m, when he lost control of the vehicle and crossed over to the eastbound side of the road, before exiting the roadway and striking a tree. He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident and was taken to a local hospital by ground ambulance for his injuries.
We hope he is able to make a full and speedy recovery.
Unfortunately, according to the Idaho Transportation Department’s crash report, 7,750 single vehicle crashes occurred in 2023. 414 resulted in serious injuries, and 91 resulted in fatalities. The Idaho Department of Transportation says, “While crashes involving a single vehicle occur less frequently than crashes involving multiple vehicles, the resulting injuries are often more severe.”
LIABILITY FOR SINGLE-VEHICLE CAR ACCIDENTS IN IDAHO
Although some car accidents may just be an accident, even single vehicle crashes may be caused by the negligence of a different person or entity than the driver involved in the accident. Idaho personal injury and wrongful death law compares the negligence of all persons and entities (including the plaintiff) who were a “substantial factor” in causing the accident. If the injured party’s negligence is less than 50% of the total negligence from other persons or entities, he may be entitled to damages.
Our personal injury attorneys can advise injured persons about their particular case and how Idaho’s legal principles of negligence, causation, and liability apply to it.
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