Hi.. A while back I was in an accident. My Nissan Sentra was totalled. I was wondering if I was 100% at fault or possibly less, for my portion of the accident. How it happened: Several cars came around a bend. Around the bend was a stop sign with traffic backed up heavily, not able to be seen until around the bend. 2 cars ahead of my vehicle(carC), the driver had to slam to a complete stop in order to avoid hitting the vehicle in front of him/her. The vehicle 1 car ahead of me(carB) did the same but was unable to stop in time. That vehicle(carB) in front of me slowed down to approx. 10+ mph/ before colliding with (carC). Just after (carB) collided with (carC), I collided with the back of (carB). I was only able to slow down to 10mph as well. My question was, am I 100% at fault if the car in front of me slowed down as fast as it did? It was as if (carB) just hit a wall in front of me.. just so hard to stop in time. Any response would be great, although I probably am at fault but I just wasn't completely sure. Thanks

You are not liable for the entire accident and it may not matter. The insurance companies of all three drivers will make a determination as to who will pay who. Seems B hit C all by himself. You only then hit B right? You will probably be paying for B's car.

In a rear end collision, the one doing the colliding is generally considered at fault. You shouldn't have been so close to car B that you couldn't have stopped in time. Your insurance will be responsible for any damages to your car and the car you hit.

It may well depend on your state law, and how its following too closely law was written. But seldom is anyone 100 percent at fault. You will of course be liable for all of the rear damage of the car in front of you and for all of your car damage, and a percent liable for the other damage to the two cars, After they hit, you hit increasing their damage, That percent will be a guess?? Really even highly trained accident investigators have a hard time determining secondary hit damage and most likely you had very low level investigation.

So you turn it over to your insurance company and let them handle it all.

Cool.. thanks for the responses