Idaho Law Blog
On February 21st, 2025, a 2005 Jeep Grand Cheroke and a 2022 Blue Bird School bus collided on US 30. The vehicles were at the intersection of US 30 and 250 East, at milepost 213.
At the time of the accident, the driver of the Cheroke, a 36-year-old woman from Filer, Idaho, was travelling eastbound on highway 30. As she passed the intersection, her vehicle was struck by the oncoming school bus, driven by a 55-year-old man from Twin Falls, who had failed to stop at the stop sign.
The female driver of the Jeep was injured in the accident and taken to a local hospital by ground ambulance for treatment. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts. Reports do not disclose whether there were children on the bus at the time of the accident.
We hope that the injured woman will be able to make a full and speedy recovery from her injuries.
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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