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The compensation that you can receive after a head-on collision generally depends on the severity of the injuries, the financial damages involved, the strength of your evidence, your insurance company and that of the other driver, and the ability of your attorney to make the best case.
Head-on collisions are usually severe types of accidents that produce serious damages. Assessing these damages determines the value of the personal injury case. Based on numerous variables, some of the cases are worth more and some much less.
Head-on collisions happen when the front of one vehicle slams into a stationary object, the front of an oncoming or a standstill vehicle. Liability can be one-sided or shared if both drivers implicated in the accident disobeyed traffic laws and precautionary driving measures.
In case of a head-on collision, the average settlement can go anywhere from several thousands of dollars up to over $1,000,000.
Each case has its particularities; therefore, the amount of damages you can recover following a head-on collision depends on several factors, including:
Special damages render economic losses and include:
As the amount of economic losses increases, so should the amount of the settlement. However, amounts awarded are lowered when there is a shared fault for the accident.
Non-economic losses often equal 1.5 to 5 times special damages and include:
As with special damages, the more permanent and severe the general damages, the higher the settlement. In a low-impact collision with minor injuries, insurance settlements can be up to a few thousand dollars. When there are substantial medical expenses and lost income, the compensation can be much higher, sometimes even in the range of a couple of million dollars if there were catastrophic injuries.
If you are in need of legal assistance, you can contact our Miami-based office today. Severe head-on collision cases are generally best handled with the help of a personal injury attorney.