{"id":18189,"date":"2015-06-11T11:12:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T10:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=18189"},"modified":"2016-11-08T11:32:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T11:32:30","slug":"road-accident-while-changing-lanes-who-is-at-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2015\/06\/11\/road-accident-while-changing-lanes-who-is-at-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Accident while changing lanes – who is at fault?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I always like to say when writing my blogs, the advice can be very circumstantial, and normally a lot of it all comes down to the individual case itself. That being said the advice in this article may be of use to you if you are trying to determine who may be at fault in a changing lanes accident.<\/p>\n

A road accident involving changing lanes is a very common occurrence and if you have been involved in these circumstances then we should be able to help and advise you.
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\nThere are many forms of changing lane accidents. Commonly they occur on dual carriageways, motorways, one way systems round cities that tend to be multi-lane, and roundabouts. As our country grows and grows, our mass transit system is only going to get bigger and bigger \u2013 we are seeing more cities with multiple lane one way systems and ring roads, four lane motorways, and ginormous roundabouts.<\/p>\n

So who is at fault in a changing lanes accident?<\/h2>\n

Well, whilst it is all circumstantial there is one very simple general rule of thumb \u2013 if you are correctly proceeding and have not moved in or out of a lane, you are probably not to blame!<\/p>\n

Most changing lanes accidents happen because other drivers move lanes incorrectly or when it is not safe to do so. Really common scenarios can be:<\/p>\n

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