Idaho Law Blog
On February 9th, 2025, a single vehicle went off the road in Jerome, Idaho. The crash took place at approximately 8:24 p.m. on Highway 25. The driver, a 24-year-old man from Jerome, was traveling in a 2017 Ford Fusion.
At the time of the accident, the driver of the Ford was traveling westbound down HW 25. As he came upon a curve at milepost 14, he veered off the road before striking an embankment, where he then overturned and rolled. The vehicle came to rest in a nearby shop where it caught fire.
The driver sustained severe injuries and was taken to a hospital by life flight. Reports include that he was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident.
We hope that this man 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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