Idaho Law Blog
On November 26th, a vehicle driven by a 78-year-old male with a 69-year-old female passenger struck a pedestrian. They were traveling south in a silver 2016 Honda Odyssey on US highway 95 when, at approximately 5:48 p.m, they came upon the pedestrian, a 45-year-old man from Bonners Ferry. He was attempting to cross the street outside of a designated crosswalk when he was struck.
The pedestrian sustained injuries and was transported to a local hospital. Both passengers of the Honda were wearing seatbelts and were uninjured.
We hope that the 45-year-old man is able to make a full recovery.
Unfortunately, according to the Idaho Department of Transportation’s crash report, in 2023 226 pedestrian crashes occurred. Reports indicate that these crashes accounted for 17.4% of all multi-vehicle crashes in 2023. The Idaho Transportation Department says, “Crashes involving pedestrians decreased by 1% in 2023, but the number of pedestrians killed in motor vehicle crashes almost doubled.”
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.
Notes: The information used to create this blog post comes primarily from the Idaho State Police News Releases. Information has not been independently verified by this firm. Please report any inaccuracies in this post to our firm. We will correct or remove the article, if asked.
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