San Diego Head-On Collision Accident Lawyer

Accident injuries from a head-on car accident are likely to be more severe than in other collisions. You can usually expect injuries such as lacerations or whiplash in any car crash. In an accident with an opposing vehicle, you or your passengers might also experience one or more of the following:

• Broken bones.
• Spinal cord injuries, including paraplegia or quadriplegia.
• Traumatic brain injuries, such as concussions.
• Amputations of limbs.
• Fatalities.

Any of these severe injuries will result in time off work, possibly permanently. A car accident victim may have to go on permanent disability. Families of victims who passed away now have to cope with the loss of their loved one and their financial support from their income.

In personal injury law, you are entitled to compensation from the party liable for your accident. The car accident attorneys of Mova Law Group – Personal Injury Attorneys can put together an estimate of the scope of your damages. Any financial settlement must include future considerations, and we can assist with this calculation.

Economic damages after a head-on collision will include past and future medical expenses. You or your loved one may have prescriptions, appointments with specialists, physiotherapy, and ongoing rehabilitation. You may require the help of a wheelchair or other mobility aid. Your house and vehicle may need renovations to make them accessible for your disability. Long-term medical care, such as an in-home nurse, may also be required. If someone dies in the accident, the total income they may have earned is calculated and added to your economic damages.

As mentioned earlier, the non-economic damages of a head-on collision are significant but challenging to put a price tag on. The emotional distress from losing a spouse or family member or adjusting to a permanent disability will affect you forever. California does not have a limit on non-economic damages as some states do. A personal injury lawyer can help you put together a reasonable claim to allow you to recover without the financial burden of your injuries weighing on you.

You must file personal injury claims within two years of the accident in California. The statute of limitations does not allow much time to determine the extent of your injuries’ impact on your life. Our team will draw on our experience to create a reasonable settlement amount for you. We will bring this amount to the negotiating table and take your claim to trial if necessary. We will only settle with the insurance company when you are satisfied.

Fatal head-on collisions in 2019 in California were more likely due to one vehicle crossing into an opposing lane and oncoming traffic. Even head-on accidents that aren’t fatal are more likely to involve high speeds and a car going in the opposite direction from traffic. These elements alone suggest the accident resulted from a driver’s negligence.

Determining liability through negligence means someone else breached their duty of care to cause the accident and your injuries. Any driver on our San Diego roads has a duty of care to their fellow people traveling on the streets. How does that duty get breached? Let’s look at the common causes of head-on crashes and see the one element they all share – driver error. One of the following may be the reason for your accident:

• Drunk driving – Intoxicated people have lowered their ability to focus and pay attention to the road. Things they may not see include signs, medians, and oncoming traffic. Their reaction time slows, though the speed they travel does not.
• Distracted driving – Many drivers focus on anything but the road ahead. Using a cell phone, eating, drinking, or concentrating on any other task while behind the wheel means breaching their duty of care to others on the road.
• Drowsy driving – Drivers who feel they could fall asleep while driving are as dangerous as drunk drivers. Their reaction times slow down. They may not keep their eyes open enough to notice important information, such as ‘wrong way’ signs or other vehicles with the right of way.
• Inexperienced driving – Younger drivers, new drivers, and drivers in unfamiliar locations can make errors. Those without experience may not know how to watch for hazards or respond to them. They may need to be more familiar with particular street signs or learn how to handle poor weather conditions.
• Older drivers – Adults over the age of 65 may experience cognitive changes and declines in vision and motor skills. These effects of aging may mean they do not recognize hazards that they used to, or it takes them longer to see them and then to react.

Our experienced car accident lawyers can gather evidence from eyewitnesses and put together an accurate picture of what happened to cause your head-on collision. We prove liability if we can establish that the crash occurred because the other party was a negligent driver.

If another driver opted to get in their vehicle when they should not have, they are responsible for the losses you or your loved one sustained. The Mova Law Group – Personal Injury Attorneys will ensure that you see justice for the wrong done to you by another person’s negligence.