{"id":1802,"date":"2016-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/2016\/11\/29\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T21:12:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:12:11","slug":"whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia is full of busy intersections where drivers must make left-hand turns, especially in the metro-Atlanta area. Countless auto accidents happen each day where one driver was attempting to make a turn to the left.<\/p>\n<p>Legally, motorists making left-hand turns are liable for any accident \u2013 with the exception of the following situations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Driver turning left had a green arrow allowing them to make the turn<\/li>\n<li>The driver not turning left ran a red light or stop sign<\/li>\n<li>The approaching vehicle was speeding excessively<\/li>\n<li>The traffic light was not working<\/li>\n<li>The driver was rear-ended, which caused their vehicle to enter the intersection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A majority of crashes involving a driver turning left are found to be the fault of that driver. Either because they misjudged the distance between their vehicle and oncoming traffic, tried to beat a light or other drivers, or simply were in too much of a hurry to stop. Once a driver begins making a left-turn, however, all other traffic should yield to that vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of who is at fault in a crash, it is important that those involved seek medical treatment right away. Law enforcement officials will investigate to determine whose auto insurance should pay for medical expenses, damages to vehicles, and other outcomes of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>If you have been involved in an auto accident and experienced injuries as another party\u2019s negligence behind the wheel, gathering funds from the insurance company may not be as straightforward as expected. Personal injury attorneys, like those at Jones &amp; Swanson, are able to better negotiate with adjusters and agents to gain fair compensation amounts for victims of Georgia crashes. For more information or a free consultation, call 770-427-5498 today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-hand turns are some of the most dangerous navigations that can be made at busy intersections.  Here are a few instances where left-turn accidents are not the fault of the vehicle turning left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1696,"parent":801,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"hc_faqs":[460],"class_list":{"0":"post-1802","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hc_faqs-car-accident","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident? | Jones &amp; Swanson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?: Jones &amp; Swanson, with 45+ years of experience and millions recovered. Contact us and claim your justice today!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?: Jones &amp; Swanson, with 45+ years of experience and millions recovered. Contact us and claim your justice today!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jones &amp; Swanson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/awjoneslaw\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-29T21:12:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_138017768-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"229\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@awjoneslaw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/\",\"name\":\"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_138017768-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-29T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-29T21:12:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?: Jones & Swanson, with 45+ years of experience and millions recovered. Contact us and claim your justice today!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_138017768-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_138017768-1.jpg\",\"width\":350,\"height\":229,\"caption\":\"Shutterstock 138017768 1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Marietta Personal Injury Lawyer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FAQs\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/\",\"name\":\"Jones & Swanson\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Jones & Swanson Personal Injury Lawyers in Marietta, GA\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/logo.png\",\"width\":311,\"height\":140,\"caption\":\"Jones & Swanson Personal Injury Lawyers in Marietta, GA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/awjoneslaw\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/awjoneslaw\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jonesandswanson\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/jones-swanson\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident? | Jones & Swanson","description":"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?: Jones & Swanson, with 45+ years of experience and millions recovered. Contact us and claim your justice today!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?","og_description":"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?: Jones & Swanson, with 45+ years of experience and millions recovered. Contact us and claim your justice today!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/","og_site_name":"Jones &amp; Swanson","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/awjoneslaw","article_modified_time":"2024-08-29T21:12:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":350,"height":229,"url":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_138017768-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@awjoneslaw","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/","url":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/","name":"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_138017768-1.jpg","datePublished":"2016-11-29T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-29T21:12:11+00:00","description":"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?: Jones & Swanson, with 45+ years of experience and millions recovered. Contact us and claim your justice today!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_138017768-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_138017768-1.jpg","width":350,"height":229,"caption":"Shutterstock 138017768 1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/whos-at-fault-in-a-left-hand-turn-accident\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Marietta Personal Injury Lawyer","item":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FAQs","item":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/faqs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Who\u2019s at Fault in a Left-Hand Turn Accident?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/","name":"Jones & Swanson","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#organization","name":"Jones & Swanson Personal Injury Lawyers in Marietta, GA","url":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/logo.png","width":311,"height":140,"caption":"Jones & Swanson Personal Injury Lawyers in Marietta, GA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/awjoneslaw","https:\/\/x.com\/awjoneslaw","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jonesandswanson\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/jones-swanson\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1802\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hc_faqs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awjlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hc_faqs?post=1802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}