Idaho Law Blog
Two vehicles, a Jeep and a snowplow, collided on US 26 in Palisades, Idaho on December 14th at 2:16 p.m.
At the time of the accident, the 2018 Jeep Renegade was traveling westbound on US 26 when he veered left crossing the center line. He collided head on with the oncoming snowplow, a 2020 Freight 114SD.
The driver of the Jeep, a 66-year-old man from Shelly, Idaho, sustained major injuries and passed at the scene. His 67-year-old female passenger sustained substantial injuries and was transported to a local hospital via ground ambulance. No report is given on the condition of the driver of the snowplow, a 48-year-old man from Swan Valley, Idaho. All three individuals were wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident.
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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