Idaho Law Blog
Idaho State Police is continuing to investigate a single vehicle crash involving three juveniles. The crash took place on February 9th at approximately 10:37 a.m., on State Highway 37. The vehicle with its occupants was passing milepost 44 outside of Rockland when it went off the road.
The driver and the two passengers were traveling north in a blue 2006 Pontiac G6, when the vehicle began to go off the left shoulder. The driver panicked and overcorrected the turn, which sent the vehicle across the road off to the right shoulder. The vehicle left the roadway and came to rest in an embankment.
Two of the three juveniles sustained critical injuries, and they were taken to a major hospital by life flight. The third passenger only sustained minor injuries, and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
We hope that these individuals will be able to make a full and speedy recovery from this accident.
Unfortunately, according to the Idaho Transportation Department’s crash report, 7,750 single vehicle crashes occurred in 2023, and 1,451 of those resulted in some level of injury. 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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