A car accident happens quickly. At the moment, you might not be sure what caused it. Perhaps you feel like the other car came out of nowhere and T-boned your vehicle, and it is all a very fast-paced and traumatic event.
In studying the accident after the fact, the reasons may become clear. Maybe the other driver ran a stop sign and hit you while they were coming down a cross street. Or perhaps it was a wrong-way driver who never should have been heading that direction on the road in the first place. There are hundreds of potential reasons why a car accident could take place.
Most of them are human mistakes
That being said, the root cause of most of these accidents is still human error because the wreck happens due to a mistake that the driver made. This is true for over 90% of car accidents.
For example, maybe the driver who ran the stop sign was looking at their cellphone, so they did not see the stop sign. Or maybe they were drunk, so they did not realize they needed to stop. Perhaps they were breaking the speed limit, so they tried to stop but could not do so in time.
All of these examples are just human mistakes that drivers are going to make. Even with safe vehicles and a safe road design, accidents continue because drivers commit critical errors and cause these crashes.
If you have been injured in an accident, then you may be able to seek financial compensation from the driver who made the mistake in the first place. Be sure you know what legal options you have.