There are several different types of car accidents. Here are some of the most common:
Single Vehicle Accidents
These only involve your car and no one else’s.
Head-on Car Accident
These can be devastating car accidents that can result in major injuries such as brain trauma, spinal cord injuries, or even death.
Rear-end Car Accident
These are the most common type of roadway accidents that most often occur in congested traffic or in the context of distracted driving.
Rollover Car Accident
These types of accidents are often seen with SUVs and other tall vehicles. They usually occur when there’s too much speed and a loss of contact with the pavement.
Fatal Car Accidents
These types of accidents can happen in almost any situation and occur due to a variety of reasons such as not wearing a seatbelt and high speed impacts.
Hit-and-Run Car Accident
Hit-and-Runs typically involve two or more parties and one (or more) drivers leaving the scene of the accident.
Uber/Lyft/Rideshare Car Accident
Rideshare drivers are typically employed as “contractors.” Insurance coverage from Uber/ Lyft may be available, but proving fault in a rideshare accident may require a personal injury attorney.
Taxi Accidents
These are similar to rideshare accidents. You’ll want protection from a car accident lawyer as the taxi cab company may do anything it can to refuse liability.
Bus-Car Accident
Public transportation is not always the safest form of transportation. These accidents can require the assistance of a qualified car accident lawyer because they can raise complex insurance issues.
Motorcycle Accidents
Motorcycle crashes are among the most devastating forms of vehicular accidents. For more information, see our motorcycle accidents page.
Bicycle Accidents
Bicycle accidents typically require the help of an attorney. Far too often, these particular cases are devastating, if not fatal.
Drunk Driving Accidents
Every year in Texas, hundreds of people are killed, and thousands are injured by drunk drivers.
Work Zone Car Accident
Increased congestion, slow-moving heavy equipment, temporary barriers, and vehicles making frequent and sudden stops make Texas work zones an accident waiting to happen.
Texting and Driving Accidents
Texting and driving is one of the most dangerous driving behaviors, contributing to thousands of auto accident fatalities and injuries every year.
Drugged Driving & DUI Car Accident
Drugged driving includes illegal substances like marijuana and cocaine, as well as over-the-counter and prescription medications. Driving under the influence of drugs is just as dangerous as drunk driving.
Intersection Car Accident
Intersection car accidents caused nearly 5,000 fatal crashes and 34,000 serious injury crashes in Texas over a recent six-year period.
Severe Weather Car Accident
Texas generally enjoys good weather year-round, but thunderstorms, fog, tornadoes, wind, hurricanes, hail, and even snow storms, when they do occur, increase the risk of a severe weather car accident.
Vehicle Defect Accidents
While the vast majority of car accident cases are attributed to human error, some result from mechanical defects, such as problems with tires/wheels, brakes, steering, and suspension.
Wildlife and Livestock Accidents
There are tens of thousands of animal-related crashes annually in Texas. Drivers injured by wildlife or livestock may be able to file a claim against the animal’s owner or their own insurer.
Dangerous Roadway Accidents
Degraded road surfaces, potholes, water that doesn’t drain properly, poor lane markings, and lack of signs, signals, and lighting can increase the likelihood of an auto accident and lead to a claim against a government agency, maintenance company, or other party.
Uninsured/Underinsured Driver Accidents
State law requires drivers to carry minimum amounts of auto insurance. Nonetheless, there are millions of drivers on Texas roads that fail to purchase insurance.