Idaho Law Blog
Hayden Idaho- Idaho State Police are continuing to investigate a crash that took place on March 3rd, 2025. The incident involved two vehicles, a red Honda SUV, and a silver Subaru Legacy.
Preceding the accident, several individuals had reported to emergency personnel that a red Honda was traveling southbound on US 95 at over 100 miles per hour, and that the vehicle had its emergency hazard lights on. As the unknown driver of the Honda came to the intersection of Hayden Ave at milepost 449, they failed to yield to the eastbound traffic, who had the green light. An ISP trooper, who was stopped at the red light heading northbound, witnessed the Honda fly through the intersection, where it T-boned another vehicle. The second vehicle, the Subaru, was traveling through the intersection eastbound.
The Subaru slid and came to rest in the southbound lanes. The Honda was sent over the median and into the northbound lanes, nearly striking the ISP officer, before it rolled and came to rest on a bike path. The ISP officer called back up and both individuals administered medical aid.
The Idaho Department of Transportation’s crash report from 2023 details that 50% of all crashes in Idaho were a result of aggressive driving. Behaviors that are considered aggressive driving include, “Failure to yield right of way, fail to obey stop sign, exceeded posted speed, driving too fast for conditions, following too close, and fail to obey signal.” Aggressive driving was the cause of 13,948 crashes in 2023, and caused 103 fatalities.
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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