Failure to yield accidents occur when motorists do not yield the right-of-way to another person. These accidents can involve a car or truck hitting another vehicle, or a car or truck hitting a pedestrian, bicycle rider, or motorcycle rider.
Failure to yield accidents commonly happen because:
A driver fails to obey traffic signals, such as a stop sign or a red light
A driver does not stop for pedestrians in crosswalks
A driver progresses into an intersection out-of-turn
A driver underestimates or underestimates the speed of approaching vehicles or pedestrians when entering an intersection
A driver makes an illegal turn
Many failure-to-yield accidents are sideswipe collisions or t-bone accidents where the driver who failed to yield hits the side of another vehicle that was already in an intersection or that was progressing into an intersection. However, any time a driver does not follow the rules-of-the-road regarding who has the right-away, that driver can become responsible for any resulting accidents that occur.