The typical image of an auto accident for most people is two cars making contact, resulting in a physical collision and consequently, physical injuries. These crashes are usually apparent for everyone to see – a crumpled and crushed vehicle chassis may lay on the roadside or block incoming traffic, and the other vehicle that caused the crash may also suffer damage.

However, what happens if the vehicle that caused the crash is nowhere to be seen, and no physical contact or collision was made with the victim’s vehicle? Phantom drivers or vehicles causing accidents are an unfortunately common occurrence in personal injury claims involving auto accidents, and they often occur when one has to swerve an oncoming or merging driver who may be driving while drunk or engaging in distracted driving, be forced off the road due to an unseen actor, or is forced to break suddenly due to another party’s actions on the road.

Proving Fault in Phantom Driver Accidents

The drivers that cause this chain of events rarely stop in the event of an accident as they are often of the opinion that they didn’t do anything wrong, and that they didn’t in fact make contact with the other driver chassis-to-chassis, so they are in the clear. Despite their protestations or absolution of fault on their part, these drivers are at fault for these kinds of accidents, but holding them legally at fault may be herculean task in and of itself. Personal injury claims are predicated upon establishing liability and proving negligence, and cases involving phantom vehicles or drivers can be hard to prove if you decide to work with an inexperienced personal injury law firm.

At McCready Law, we have an understanding of the challenges posed by phantom vehicle accidents and can help you recover compensation via unknown strategies we’ll take a look at in this post – read on to find out how you can file a successful claim against phantom vehicle causing your accident.

Choose McCready Law for Your Phantom Vehicle Accident Case

Are you looking for the best auto injury attorney? Please call us NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation. The experienced injury lawyers at McCready Law bring to the table over 90 YEARS of combined legal experience where we’ve helped tens of thousands of injured Americans across the country and from all socioeconomic backgrounds recover compensation after getting injured due to the negligent actions of other individuals or corporate entities. Over the decades, we’ve been able to recover over $260 million for our clients, with lots of settlements or judgements surpassing the $100,000 mark.

Our success is due to a confluence of factors you may not experience in other law firms such as personally handling all claims as experienced injury lawyers and not shunting the work over to legal assistants or paralegals as is often seen in the majority of injury law firms, working with top physicians, investigators as well as accident reconstruction experts to create a compelling picture of negligence, ensuring that our clients are kept updated on the progress of their claim should they ask for the same via emails or summary updates, and not being afraid to litigate claims should the situation call for it, particularly if the insurance company is negotiating in bad faith, or you suffered catastrophic injuries.

We also have nationwide reach thanks to our vast network of trusted referral attorneys and law firms, and we run a bilingual firm (hablamos Español). However, even more important is the fact that we take on all claims on contingency fee basis, which simply means that there are ZERO UPFRONT FEES for the duration of the processing of your claim, as we only levy our fees at the end of the suit, and only if we’ve recovered compensation on your claim. If you or a loved one got injured into an accident with a phantom vehicle or driver, please give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation – our intake team is standing by.

What Exactly is a Phantom Vehicle in an Auto Accident Claim?

A phantom vehicle is by all intents and purposes an unidentified vehicle whose actions directly contributed to an accident, but which doesn’t make physical contact with the injured party’s vehicle and usually leaves the scene of the accident without being identified. Accidents with phantom vehicles can occur in a number of ways such as a car suddenly cutting into your lane leading to you slamming your breaks, which then leads to the car behind you rear-ending you. The first or phantom vehicle continues driving either uncaring or unaware of the chain reaction it started off. In another instance, the phantom vehicle might swerve towards you, forcing you off your lane or the road in order to avoid a crash, but inadvertently leading to a single-vehicle accident.

Here are some of the reasons why it is so difficult to prove a phantom vehicle accident:

1. It may be challenging to identify breach of duty as not knowing who the driver was or lacking clear evidence of their actions may make it next to impossible to establish this.
2. Even if you are able to describe the phantom vehicle driver’s actions, you are legally required to show how their actions caused your damages and injuries. Without corroborating evidence showing how they directly caused this, your case may be deemed null and void.
3. You are also required to prove you suffered compensable financial losses or damages as a result of this phantom driver’s negligence. However, if the at-fault-party left the scene or is unidentified, the insurance company may be skeptical or reluctant to process your claim.

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Phantom driver accidents can be resolved by using uninsured motorist coverage; however, you will still need to prove the existence of the offending vehicle, and that you suffered injuries and damages as a result, and that you have UM coverage as part of your policy in the first place.

At McCready Law, we understand how frustrating it may be when it comes to these kinds of claims where the perpetrator is nowhere to be found, and it is due to this reason that we’d like to ask that you reach out to us NOW at (314) 481-63338 for more information on how we can help resolve this challenging legal quandary. Remember, the call is 100% FREE, and there is no legal obligation. Thanks for choosing us, and we look forward to helping you.