Idaho State Police are continuing to investigate a vehicle collision that took place on Tuesday, May 20th, resulting from aggressive and unsafe driving by a motorcyclist. The crash took place in Ada County, on I84 near milepost 43, at approximately 3:00 p.m.
At the time of the accident, the 25-year-old male driver of the motorcycle was traveling westbound on a green Kawasaki ZX600. Reports of other drivers detail that he was traveling at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour, and that he was splitting lanes, weaving in between cars. As he traveled, he struck the sides of three vehicles, causing a chain reaction collision. One more vehicle behind them also crashed as it came upon the accident.
The driver of the motorcycle was wearing a helmet and other protective gear, and he was sent to the hospital to receive treatment. No details are given about the other individuals involved in the accident, but none were seriously injured.
The Idaho Department of Transportation’s crash report from 2023 details that 50% of all crashes in Idaho were a result of aggressive driving. Behaviors that are considered aggressive driving include, “Failure to yield right of way, fail to obey stop sign, exceeded posted speed, driving too fast for conditions, following too close, and fail to obey signal.” Aggressive driving was the cause of 13,948 crashes in 2023, and caused 103 fatalities.
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.
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