Several primary types of car accidents commonly lead to personal injury claims, including: Rear-end accidents Head-on accidents Sideswipe accidents Angle collisions T-bone accidents Rollovers These accidents can cause serious personal injuries that require medical treatment and disrupt your life. Below is some additional information about each accident type. Rear-End Accidents Rear-end accidents account for 7.1 percent of all fatal accidents on our roads—making these accidents some of the most common and serious. While many people think of rear-end accidents as nothing more than fender benders, this is misleading. The impact generated in rear-end accidents can kill motorists. It commonly causes severe injuries, including broken bones, traumatic head injuries (TBIs), spinal cord injuries, and soft tissue injuries (such as whiplash). Head-on Accidents It's difficult to imagine a car crash more terrifying or dangerous than a head-on accident. About 5,000 fatal head-on crashes happened in a recent year, and they accounted for nearly 30 percent of all the collisions involving more than one vehicle that year. These accidents happen far too often, and impairment or aggression behind the wheel often causes them. Sideswipe Accidents Sideswipe accidents occur when two vehicles are traveling in the same direction when one swipes into the side of the other. Driver distraction often causes these accidents, and they are as common and dangerous. Sideswipe accidents accounted for 1,300 deaths a year, which translates to 7.8 percent of all fatal accidents involving more than one vehicle that year. Angle Collisions Angle collisions refer to those accidents in which one vehicle strikes the other at an angle between 90 degrees, which is a T-bone accident, and 180 degrees, which is a rear-end accident. Angle accidents are the most common car accidents, accounting for 7,400 deaths annually and representing 44.9 percent of all fatal accidents involving more than one vehicle. T-Bone Accidents T-bone accidents are those crashes in which a motorist barrels into another vehicle’s side, forming the shape of a T in the process. T-bone accidents are most common in intersections, and motorists who run red lights often cause them. Rollovers Rollovers are about as bad as it gets for car accidents, and they can happen for many reasons. However, sometimes they are caused by drivers who respond as best they can to other drivers’ dangerous maneuvers.