Idaho Law Blog
On December 20th, 2024, a single vehicle containing two individuals left the roadway and crashed. The accident took place west of Swan Valley, Idaho, and occurred at roughly 11:06 p.m.
As the single vehicle, a white GMC Yukon, neared milepost 375, the 41-year-old female driver and her juvenile passenger failed to negotiate a steep curve and left the roadway. Their vehicle fell off the side of the road, and landed in a nearby body of water.
Both the driver and her passenger were transported to a local hospital to have their injuries checked and treated. At the time of the accident, neither individual was wearing a seat belt.
We hope that both women are able to make a full and speedy recovery.
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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