Dangers of a Sideswipe Car Crash

A sideswipe car crash occurs when the sides of two vehicles traveling in the same or opposite direction make contact. Usually, a sideswipe accident occurs when one driver tries to change lanes and doesn’t see the other car. Another term often used for a sideswipe car crash is a “blind spot accident.” Data from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) reported 242,000 sideswipe car crashes occur every year. In addition, sideswipe car crashes cause about 27,000 injuries and over 2,500 fatalities each year.

The following are some typical causes of sideswipe car crashes.

Causes of Sideswipe Car Crash

A sideswipe car crash can occur for a variety of reasons. The following are some common scenarios of sideswipe car crashes.

• Driver is distracted by texting, eating, grooming or by anything else going on in the vehicle.
• Driver is intoxicated and fails to maintain in their lane.
• The driver is tired and falls asleep at the wheel for a second, veering into the other lane.
• A car merges onto the road or highway and fails to yield.
• An angry driver purposefully sideswipes another vehicle in a fit of road rage.
• A high-clearance vehicle such as a large pick-up truck fails to look for smaller vehicles before changing lanes.
• Driver over-steers or under-steers while going around a steep curve.

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