Wrong Way Auto Accidents| Texas Injury Attorney

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.

Auto Accidents in Construction Zones

Across the country, new construction zones are set up to maintain highway safety as a “cure” to the cause of dangerous roadways. Although deteriorating or inadequate roads cannot be ignored, statistics on accidents in construction zones testify to how dangerous the cure is.

Few of us can avoid these maze-like detours. Many drivers become impatient when construction delays them with waits up to thirty minutes. Impatient or fatigued truck drivers may become aggressive. Patrol officers are the only known deterrent to speeders in construction zones. But law enforcement budgets just can’t afford to post an officer at each construction site. So, infractions that compromise safety continue.

On the construction side, there are many errors and negligent acts that construction workers do regularly. A thorough investigation of a construction zone accident can reveal multiple infractions that compromised safety, causing or worsening the accident.

When an experienced and competent law team investigates construction zone accidents they are able to uncover the parties liable for your injuries and losses, and pursue an appropriate settlement for you.

When you need the benefit of our no-cost evaluation of your construction zone accident case, please contact Austin’s construction zone accident attorneys at Gonzales & Gonzales, serving clients in the Austin and Round Rock, Texas areas.