In a reversing accident, the driver reversing is often closely examined because drivers are expected to reverse only when it is safe. But the answer still depends on the facts. A reversing accident can turn on which vehicles were moving, whether either vehicle was stationary, what each driver could see, and what evidence is available….

If someone hit your parked car, the moving driver is often the person assessed as being at fault, especially if your car was legally parked and unattended. A parked car is not moving into anyone else’s path, so the practical starting point is usually how the other driver came to hit a stationary vehicle. That…

In a rear end collision, the rear driver is often assessed as at fault because drivers are expected to leave enough space to stop safely. But the rear driver is not automatically at fault in every case. The result can depend on the road conditions, following distance, sudden movements, reversing, rolling back, unsafe cut-ins, and the…

When changing lanes, the driver moving from one marked lane into another usually has to give way to vehicles already in the lane they want to enter. If a crash happens during that movement, the lane-changing driver may often be assessed as at fault. That means a lane change accident is not decided by one sentence…

Fault in a t-bone accident usually depends on who had the right of way and what each driver was doing at the intersection, driveway, side street, or car park aisle. The driver who failed to give way, ran a red light, ignored a stop or give-way sign, turned across another vehicle, or entered a road…

Under the merging lanes rules, fault often depends on whether the crash was a lane change or a true zipper merge. If a driver crosses a marked lane line into another lane, that driver usually has to give way to vehicles already in the lane they are entering. If two lines of traffic merge into…