Common Causes of Collisions
Most collisions can be avoided. Be mindful of the most common causes of motor vehicle collisions:
- Driver/human error
- Speeding
- Driving after drinking and/or ingesting drugs
- Driving too fast for the road conditions – rain/snow/sleet/ice/construction
- Inattentiveness due to wireless communication devices
- Driving too close to the vehicle in front of you – tailgating.
- Driving to the left of the centerline – wrong side of the road
- Not looking when driving away from the curb
- Not yielding the right-of-way
- Vehicle malfunctions – defective vehicle
- Roadways – construction/potholes/gravel/sand