Idaho Law Blog
Idaho State Police are continuing to investigate a crash that occurred on January 4th, in Bonneville County. The crash took place at the intersection of US highway 26 and Ammon Road, just outside of Iona, at approximately 5:08 p.m. There was a total of four vehicles involved in this accident.
The first vehicle, a blue 2007 Honda Civic driven by a 22-year-old female from Rigby, was traveling westbound on US 26. As she came to the intersection, she attempted to turn south onto Ammon Rd. As she began to turn, she encountered the second vehicle, a silver Dodge Grand Caravan, driven by a 44-year-old man from Walla Walla, Washington, with a juvenile passenger. He was traveling eastbound down US 26 when the woman driving the Civic turned into him, colliding with his vehicle. The Dodge then went on to strike a blue 2024 Tesla Model Y driven by a 44-year-old man with three other adult passengers, and then a white 2013 Toyota Tundra driven by a 32-year-old woman. Both the third and fourth vehicles involved were traveling northbound on Ammon Rd at the time.
All parties involved wore seatbelts at the time of the accident, except the driver of the Dodge Caravan. The driver of the Honda Civic, and all 4 passengers of the Tesla were transported to nearby hospitals. None of the individuals sustained life-threatening injuries.
We hope that all these individuals are able to make a full and speedy recovery.
Unfortunately, according to Idaho Transportation Department’s crash report in 2023, 17% of all motor vehicle crashes were related to or caused by distracted driving. Of that 17%, 48 people were killed because of these accidents. Idaho Department of Transportation says that of these crashes, “failing to yield” is the largest contributing cause. 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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