Idaho Law Blog
Idaho State Police are continuing to investigate a crash that occurred on January 26th. The accident took place on I 84 at about 5:15 a.m. and involved two vehicles.
The first vehicle, a 2020 Kia Soul driven by an 18-year-old from Rexburg, with another female passenger, was traveling westbound. As she traveled, she veered slightly and struck the median barrier, which bounced her back onto the road and over into the westbound lanes. She was struck by an oncoming vehicle, a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee, driven by a 52-year-old woman from Middelton, who was traveling westbound. Both vehicles were sent spinning and overturned, coming to rest on their tops on the road.
The driver and passenger of the Kia sustained major injuries, and both were sent to a local hospital by air ambulance. The driver of the Jeep also sustained substantial injuries and was taken in a ground ambulance to a hospital.
We hope that all three individuals are able to make a full and speedy recovery.
Unfortunately, according to Idaho Transportation Department’s crash report in 2023, 22% of all crashes involving multiple vehicles were a result of head on collision. Head on collisions were the largest contributing cause of multi-vehicle crashes in 2023. Multiple vehicle crashes accounted for 72% of all motor vehicle crashes in 2023, leaving a total of 19,807 multi-vehicle crashes.
LIABILTIY FOR ACCIDENTS IN IDAHO
No one who gets into or drives a vehicle wants to be involved in an accident. But unfortunately, car accidents happen. Idaho uses a fault-based system to impose liability on the party most at-fault for the accident. A legal principle called “comparative negligence,” is applied to determine the negligence of all involved parties. If the Plaintiff’s negligence is less than 50%, then she generally can recover damages from the Defendant (or the Defendant’s insurance policy).
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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