All types of car accidents represent a risk of injury or death, depending on the speed of the vehicles at the time of the crash, the occupant’s use of seat belts, and the size and weight differential between the vehicles involved in the crash. Some common types of car accidents include:
Head-on collisions - Although head-on collisions represent a small percentage of accidents each year, they result in a large percentage of the number of fatalities.
Rear-end collisions - (See Section Below)
T-bone collisions - also known as broadside or side-angle crashes.
Sideswipe accidents – occur when a vehicle fails to stay in its own lane, drifts or swerves into another lane, or due to unsafe lane changes.
Chain reaction crashes - Commonly known as a pileup.
Single-vehicle accidents occur when a car either crashes with an obstacle or runs off of the road.