Crash! Boom! Bang! - Car accident, who's at fault?

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Had a car accident earlier. Wondering what your thoughts are.

Car A had slowed down to turn into the first road on the right and was indicating.

Car B was turning left .

Not unusual to have a steady stream of traffic (lights further up the road.

Car A began turning. Car B ploughed into the side of Car A. Both drivers accusing the other. Both vehicles I'd think are write-offs.

Obligatory drawing - yes, I'm shit at drawing!

Car A

Depends if A had crossed the lines on the middle of the road before B left the road.

My understanding would be that Car B is at fault - moving from a side road to a main road

Car B.
Major road takes priority over GW.

Car B

Car A had right of way, surely? Car B should not have begun their manoeuvre until the road was clear. But I can’t see how it happened if Car B was turning left? They shouldn’t have been near Car A?

Sorry, I see now, I confused my left and right 🤦🏼‍♀️ so still definitely Car B at fault.

Car B

Yes if Car A is on the major road then Car B is at fault

Car B is at fault

Knock for knock situation?

Front of car B hit side of car A? Definitely B's fault. Shouldn't be pulling out without looking and understanding what's going on in the road, so should have seen car A and not tried to beat it.

@Enough4me

Knock for knock situation?

No it wouldn't be if Car A is on the major road which looks to be the case, Car A has right of way over someone trying to get on to the major road

Car B for emerging from a minor road into the major road when it wasn't safe to do so.

B is at fault. There's no such thing as knock for knock.

B

In my understanding the driver of car b is at fault as they were joining from a side road. I also think that the person going into the side of the car is more at fault as they obviously reached the spot later.

I suspect insurance will say 50/50.

If B had emerged and were therefore on the major road prior to A turning then surely they'd then have right of way over A at the point of reaching the second road?

I assume Car B is going to just say that they were correctly proceeding and Car A turned across their path.

Depends. Was car A cutting the corner? Car B should have been able to turn left without cutting across car A, unless car A was cutting the corner

Car B seems to be at fault as it appears they are joining the carriageway from a minor road.

B

Who began the manoeuvre first? If Car B had emerged onto the main road from their side road before Car A tried to turn into the other side road then I would have thought it was A's fault as B was already on the main road.

How close are the two side roads?

It's definitely one I'd leave up to the insurance companies to fight over!

@LimaFoxtrotCharlie

Depends. Was car A cutting the corner? Car B should have been able to turn left without cutting across car A, unless car A was cutting the corner

They are two different side roads. It took me a while to work that one out!

Car B

Car B probably. Looks like A had right of way.