Liability can turn on speed, visibility, driver behavior, commercial records, road design, insurance status, electronic data and the type of vehicle involved.
Explore accident types ↓Rear-end, side-impact/T-bone, intersection, head-on, merging, highway, rollover and chain-reaction collisions.
Key evidence can include the UD-10 crash report, photographs, vehicle damage, witness statements, traffic-camera footage, event data and medical records.
Tractor-trailers, box trucks, dump trucks, tankers, delivery fleets and other commercial vehicles.
Commercial cases may add driver qualification, hours-of-service, dispatch, maintenance, cargo, employer responsibility, electronic logging and onboard data issues.
Crashes involving motorcycles and another motor vehicle, unsafe turns, lane changes, road hazards and visibility disputes.
Michigan no-fault rules can operate differently for motorcyclists, making the vehicles involved and insurance priority especially important.
Crosswalk, parking lot, school-zone, turning-vehicle, backing and roadside pedestrian crashes.
Claims often focus on visibility, right-of-way, driver attention, speed, lighting and the pedestrian's injuries and future needs.
Dooring, passing, intersection, bike-lane, driveway and roadway collisions.
Preserve helmet/cycle damage, app or GPS records, photographs, nearby cameras and witness information when available.
Uber, Lyft and other app-based vehicles involving passengers, other drivers, cyclists or pedestrians.
Insurance issues can depend on the driver's app status and activity at the time of the crash.
Package delivery, courier, service vans, sales fleets and company cars.
Ownership, employment/agency, route data, training, maintenance and commercial insurance may all be relevant.
Public buses, private shuttles, charter buses, school transportation and paratransit.
Governmental entities and public transportation can involve special notice, immunity or procedural rules requiring early investigation.
Unknown drivers, fleeing vehicles, parking-lot impacts and crashes where the at-fault driver cannot be located.
Camera footage, witness canvassing, vehicle debris and uninsured-motorist coverage can become central.
Crashes where the at-fault driver has no insurance or insufficient limits.
UM/UIM coverage depends on the policy language and facts. These are contract-based claims and should be reviewed early.
Phone use, texting, navigation, in-cab devices, food, passengers and other attention-related conduct.
Phone records, downloads, witness observations and timing can matter to proving distraction.
Alcohol, cannabis, controlled substances and other impairment allegations.
Police investigation, toxicology, criminal-case records and potential additional defendants can be important evidence sources.
Snow, black ice, whiteout, freezing rain, low visibility and loss-of-control collisions.
Bad weather does not automatically decide fault; speed, following distance, tires, control and the total circumstances matter.
Lane shifts, closures, construction vehicles, barriers, flaggers and temporary traffic control.
These cases can involve motorists, contractors, road agencies and different layers of responsibility.
Vehicle crashes resulting in death.
Michigan wrongful-death actions are brought through the estate's personal representative and have statutory settlement/distribution procedures.
A crash can overlap several categories—for example, a delivery-truck collision involving distracted driving and an underinsured driver. A useful intake starts with who was involved, where the crash happened, what evidence exists, what injuries followed, and which insurance policies may apply.
Start a case reviewGeneral Michigan vehicle-accident information. A specific case depends on its facts.
The site covers car and SUV crashes, semi-truck and commercial vehicles, motorcycles, pedestrians, bicycles, rideshare and delivery vehicles, buses, hit-and-run crashes, uninsured or underinsured drivers, work zones, winter-weather crashes and fatal collisions.
Often. Commercial trucks, rideshare vehicles, motorcycles and public vehicles can involve different insurance rules, electronic records, ownership questions and preservation issues.
Yes. A collision can involve several overlapping issues, such as a distracted delivery driver, an underinsured vehicle and a serious pedestrian injury.