Am I responsible for the 4 cars accident?

thebax2006

Sounds like you're going to be responsible for a big attorney bill. Don't tailgate.

Outsider

As far as I can figure out, if you managed to brake without hitting anything and another car hit you when you were almost stopped, causing your car to shunt into the car infront, then they were driving too close behind you or didn't react quickly enough. In that case, you didn't do anything wrong, or have very little responsibilty. It does depend on the honesty of the other drivers though, or someone to back up your story. But also depends on whether you would have hit the car in front if you hadn't been hit from behind, and if the car in front braked unnecessarily. Difficult to say really, but - this is just my opinion - I personally doubt if you will be blamed.

infoman6617

anytime you hit a other car from behind its your fault.... you was too close..... and the ones that hit you are at fault for hiting you and so on .....doesnt matter if you were push or not what matter is you hit them from behind..... which means you was too close..... just for one car the one you hit...

Janel

I think 1st car should be charged with leaving the scene of an accident.

spaz

the first car was absolutely not responsible. rear ending a car is not the fault of the car stopping suddenly, but rather the car driving too close to the first.

that said, if you indeed hit the first car before you were hit, you could be deemed responsible for that wreck, but none of the rest of it.

Scouse

For a start you were all driving too close.
Who is responsible for what I have no idea but I hope you are fully comp.so that the insurance can worry about it.

You are responsible for your front end damage the car behind is responsible for your damage at the rear and may be responsible for the damage to the car in front of you. However once your insurance company agrees that part of the fault was yours I would not worry about how much they have to pay. Your premium will increase solely on the fact that they have had to pay out not how much

weeebell

As long as all the cars were in motion when the accident occured, ie, not sitting parked at traffic signals, then you are only liable for the car you struck because you were travelling too close.
If another car hit your rear after you hit a car, then you claim from the car that hit your rear because he /she was also travelling too close.
If you were stationary when accident occured then you are not to blame. You have managed to pull up behind the vehicle in front in plenty of time and have stopped a resonable distance behind it.
It is the car behind you that is at fault by travelling too close/too fast and is unable to stop.

BILL B

From what you have described it would appear to be the last vehicles driver. However if there were two incidents, ie your vehicle hit vehicle one, then vehicle two hit you, you would be responsible for part of the damage to vehicle one.
Contact driver "one" and ask him/her if they felt one or two bumps. If one then it would appear to be either vehicle three or four's driver.
You are lucky that you have the details of vehicle four.

However were the police involved?

telboy everton forever

first you were too damn close dont you know your highway code and the 2 second rule ,however the third and fourth car were just as guilty so the fourth car will take most of the blame ,but you were all too close to each other read up on your braking distances and for gods sake stop tailgatting , remember it could be someones life next time

L*D

The claim could be split between the the 4th and you, for the damage to your and and the one infront of you only. You should have said the 4th car hit the 3rd, which hit you which made you his the front car, then it would all go on the back car, i had someone go into the back of me which shunted me into the car infront. All went non fault. As the car behind me insurance paid out for it all

Master Stig

I don't think you are to blame for this accident, i don't think anyone is, but when you said about the first car just drove off quickly, I thought he may be guilty of something. Did anything else happen infront of the 1st car, because maybe he saw the others brake infront of him, and paniced?? but if you drive into the back of someone, it is the law, you are responsible. But that also means you, third and fourth are responsible. What did the police say??!? But it is not anyone's fault!! It is only an accident!!

Good Luck

willow

you aren't resposible, i think it depends on why the first car broke suddenly, but if it was just one of those things then your ins may have to pay for the car you went into, the car behind you pays for yours and so on, but it's certainly not your fault, ask you ins company, i think the insurance companies deal with it between themselves anyway you just have to fill out the form and draw them a pretty picture

Waino

you did well to stop and its bad luck what happened next..but to shunt into the back of someone..you are too close.....even though l empathise that it feels harsh....best let the insurance co sort it out..strange the guy drove off...did he leave prior to the police arriving?

josephrob2003

VERY TRICKY,IF YOU WERE PUSHED INTO THE FIRST CAR, THEN TECHNICALY YOUR NOT TO BLAME,AS YOU WERE UNDER CONTROL AT THAT POINT,ALL YOU DO, IS POINT OUT TO YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY THAT YOU WERE PUSHED FROM BEHIND INTO THE FIRST CAR,ALL THE OTHERS WOULD CLAIM OFF THE CAR BEHIND THEM,BUT IF THE INFO IS NOT CLEAR,THE INSURANCE COMPANIES MAY CHOOSE TO COVER THEIR OWN LOSSES,WHATS REFERRED TO AS KNOCK FOR KNOCK,

Mad about mobiles

If you were to close to the car in front, you are responsible for the damage to that car the person behinde you was to close to you, they are responsible for damage to the rear of your car and the person behinde them (4 person) is responsible for damage to the rear of the third car. But normally in these situations nobody admits responsibility and the insurance companies work it out among themselves.

mark g

its always the car behind you

MAHA

the first car was the responsible and you was the second car this is not your foult you have to be relax .

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