If you or a loved one has been injured in a head-on car accident, chances are that you have suffered serious injuries or worse. You may be reading this after your loved one died in one of these crashes. When you are able to establish that someone else was negligent in the circumstances leading to the car accident, you may be entitled to substantial financial compensation. First, you need to contact an experienced car accident lawyer to represent you in the legal process.
Head-On Car Accidents Are Always Serious
Head-on collisions are the singular most dangerous type of car accident possible. Here, the maximum amount of force is unleashed on both drivers. In effect, it can magnify and double the amount of force that is applied to each car. It does not take a tremendous amount of speed to seriously injure both drivers and their passengers in a head-on collision. When these types of accidents occur at higher speeds, there is a much greater chance of fatalities.
Roughly 2% of car accidents are head-on collisions. Thankfully, these types of crashes are relatively rare. However, when they do occur, there is a much higher fatality rate than other types of accidents. Approximately 10% of motor vehicle accident fatalities result from head-on collisions. Even when a driver is not killed in the accident, chances are that they will suffer serious injuries that will remain with them, perhaps for the rest of their life.
Causes of Head-On Car Accidents
Head-on car accidents are caused when one vehicle is in the wrong place. The most common type of head-on collision is on a two-lane road with no median. One driver may veer out of their lane and into the path of oncoming traffic. In other cases, a driver may simply be distracted because they are on their phone and do not see a road sign directing them in a certain way. Alternatively, a driver may be drunk, and they may not be able to see the road signs when they head in the wrong direction. Finally, reckless drivers may either not perceive the road signs in time, or they may lose control of their car and end up in oncoming traffic.
Proving Negligence Is Not the Hardest Part of Your Case
It is usually not extremely difficult to prove that a driver was in the wrong lane and caused a head-on car collision. The driver who was not in the proper position in traffic would be the one to blame for the accident. However, you may also need to deal with allegations that you could have done something wrong in the accident. Under Delaware law, your compensation could be reduced by the percentage of blame that you bear for the crash. If you were more than 50% to blame, you would be precluded from receiving a settlement check entirely. Often, the insurance company may try to blame you by claiming that you were speeding or distracted yourself, making the accident far worse.
Since head-on collisions cause severe injuries, your compensation could be considerable. The real battlefield in a head-on collision claim is negotiating the size of your settlement check. You would likely have a different perspective than the insurance company, and they may be offering you a fraction of what you deserve. Since head-on car accidents have a high fatality rate, you may be filing a wrongful death claim when a family member dies in the crash. Either way, your damages have a heavily subjective component, and you would need a car accident lawyer to tell your story and fight for you to get every dollar you deserve.
Contact the Delaware Car Accident Lawyers at McCann Dillon Jaffe & Lamb, LLC
The Delaware car accident lawyers at McCann Dillon Jaffe & Lamb, LLC are the protectors of your legal right to compensation when you have been injured in a motor vehicle crash. When the insurance company wants to tell you no or offer you less than you deserve, we will fight back on your behalf. You can schedule a free initial consultation with one of our attorneys by calling us today at 302-888-1221 or submitting an online form. Located in Wilmington, Delaware, we serve clients in Dover, Newark, and Middletown.