Austin Personal Injury Lawyer Blog | Gonzales & Gonzales

There are technical differences between head-on collision accidents and wrong way car accidents. Head-on collisions include any accident where two vehicles collide head-on. Wrong way accidents are specific to auto accidents occurring on one-way roadways.

When you bring us your wrong way accident case, we consider a number of factors that caused or contributed to your accident. Certain personal as well as highway design factors have, historically, played a role in different driver's decisions to go the wrong way. Some of these differentiate wrong way accidents from other head-on collisions.

For example, on a two-lane road with only a yellow line separating two directions of traffic, a head-on collision can be caused by a driver drifting over the line. In a wrong way accident, there are barriers to prevent "drifting" into oncoming traffic.

Some barriers are only signage, as with one-way streets. Others are grassy areas, concrete barricades, rows of construction cones or barrels, railings and other physical barriers between the two directions of traffic. Construction zone accidents are often sites of wrong-way accidents.

Accident investigations involve an in-depth study and analysis of roadway as well as personal contributing factors. Our reputation for successful settlements is due in great part to our experienced and proven investigators whose data have justified our claims.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a wrong way car accident in the Austin area, please contact the Texas auto accident attorneys at Gonzales & Gonzales today to schedule a confidential, no-cost consultation.