Single-Vehicle Accidents High Risk When Drunk Driving Involved
Single-vehicle accidents occur when only one vehicle is involved in an accident. Often, a single-vehicle crash happens when a vehicle leaves the roadway and moves onto the shoulder, median, roadside or parking lane, etc. and then crashes into an unmoving object like a tree, pole, wall, or fire hydrant. In some cases, a pedestrian is hit. In a single-vehicle accident, property damage and personal injuries are the typical outcome. You might be surprised to hear that motor vehicle accidents involving only one vehicle have a higher fatality rate than head-on or side-impact collisions. More than 8,000 people die in single-vehicle rollover crashes in the United States each year.
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How to Avoid a Single-Car Crash
A single-car crash has occurred when only one vehicle is involved in an accident. Often, a single-vehicle accident is a runoff-road (ROR) crash. A ROR accident is when a vehicle leaves the roadway and moves onto the shoulder, median, roadside or parking lane, etc. and then crashes into an unmoving object like a tree, pole, wall or fire hydrant. In some cases, a pedestrian is hit. In a single-car accident, property damage and personal injuries are the typical outcome. Perhaps surprisingly, single-car collisions carry a higher fatality rate than head-on or side-impact collisions. About 70 percent of fatal single-vehicle crashes are ROR crashes.