Road Junction Accidents – Who is at Fault?

Road Junction Accidents – Who is at Fault?

Whilst it of course all depends on the actual circumstances of an accident, there are certain common scenarios where it’s normally easy to establish who is to blame.

The basic principle of a junction is that the driver established on the road should expect to be able to proceed without anyone pulling out from a junction in to their path. At the same time, a driver merging on to the new road from a junction must give way to vehicles already on the new road.

If someone pulls out from a junction and ends up either in your path or pulls out in to your vehicle, causing a collision, you should be able to make a full claim for personal injury compensation from the other drivers insurance.

Common Scenarios

Other common scenarios for road junction accidents where you should not be at fault can include:

• Drivers cutting a corner and ending up on your side of the road when moving in to your road at a junction.
• Drivers swinging in to your road from a junction to turn around
• Drivers not taking care at crossroad junctions where no one driver has full precedence.

The best thing to do is to always take care if you need to navigate through a junction to make sure an accident doesn’t occur. If you have driven with proper due care and attention and it’s down to another driver not keeping a proper lookout or going too fast for the circumstances, you should have a full 100% claim against their insurers.

What to do

It’s good to get witness information because there can be circumstances where proving who is at fault may be difficult. Not everyone in the world is willing to hold their hands up and accept the blame when they’re genuinely at fault.

Speak to us about making a claim for personal injury compensation as the process for getting a claim set up is nice and easy. All we need to do is submit a claim notification form to the insurers of the driver at fault, who then have 15 working days to accept fault for what has happened.

If you think the other driver is at fault, call our free claims helpline on 0800 634 75 75 and we’ll advise if it’s something we can assist you with on a No Win, No Fee basis.