Types of Car Accidents in Kentucky

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Among the types of car accidents in Kentucky, angle collisions made up about 32 percent of two-vehicle collisions in 2024 and about 44 percent of the fatal ones. Head-on collisions were about 3 percent of two-vehicle collisions but about 35 percent of the fatal ones.

Rear-end collisions were about 16 percent of two-vehicle collisions and about 9 percent of the fatal ones, while sideswipes were about 23 percent and about 5 percent.

Under KRS 189.580, a driver in an accident that causes injury, death, or property damage must stop and render aid. Leaving the scene breaks that duty and makes the accident a hit-and-run.

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