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Intersection accidents often happen when drivers fail to yield the right of way. The right-of-way rules, as signaled by traffic lights, ensure that vehicles proceed through intersections in turn rather than all at once. Red and yellow light accidents in St. Louis, MO, happen when drivers disobey these signals.
Disregarding traffic lights exposes drivers to liability for any resulting crashes. The St. Louis car accident attorneys at Eason Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers fight for accident victims after careless or impatient drivers disregard traffic signals.
Our founding attorney, James Eason, has over 22 years of experience advocating for injured clients in St. Louis, Missouri. Since the firm’s founding, our team has successfully recovered millions of dollars in settlements and court verdicts. Contact us at (314) 932-1066 to schedule a free consultation with our St. Louis personal injury attorneys.
How Eason Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers Can Help After Red and Yellow Light Accidents in St. Louis, MO
After you’ve been in a red or yellow light crash in St. Louis, Missouri, you should be able to focus on your health. Instead of trying to navigate the complicated claims process, you can hire Eason Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers to support you at every step.
Our St. Louis personal injury lawyers can help you with your case by:
- Assessing their claims and explaining their options for seeking compensation
- Building a case by collecting evidence of liability and losses
- Filing an insurance claim against the at-fault party and negotiating to settle it
- Pursuing a lawsuit if we’re unable to resolve the claim through negotiation
A red or yellow light crash can result in severe or even fatal injuries. Contact us to schedule a free consultation with our St. Louis car accident lawyers and discover how we hold negligent drivers liable for the injuries they cause.
Red And Yellow Light Accident Statistics In Missouri
According to Table 1.27 of the Missouri Traffic Safety Compendium, violations of traffic signals and signs caused 6,236 traffic accidents in its most recent reporting year. These collisions included car accidents, pedestrian accidents, and bicycle accidents that occurred when someone disobeyed a traffic light, stop sign, or yield sign.
These events included 62 fatal accidents and 2,753 non-fatal injury accidents. In total, 76 people died and 4,643 people suffered non-fatal injuries.
Common Injuries from Red and Yellow Light Collisions
Red and yellow light collisions often involve a front-to-side collision, also known as a side-impact or “T-bone” collision. The vehicles may collide at any angle, depending on their trajectory before the crash. For example, a driver making a left turn on a red light might get hit at an oblique angle if they just started their turn when they were hit.
Angle crashes account for almost 45% of injury collisions. Despite occurring less often than rear-end crashes, they’re more likely to cause non-fatal injuries.
When vehicles collide at an angle, the airbags might not deploy. Moreover, seat belts are designed to prevent occupants from whipping forward rather than sideways. As a result, the occupants might strike the door, door frame, or side windows, resulting in severe trauma to the head, neck, and shoulders.
Liability for Red and Yellow Light Accidents in St. Louis
The liability for crashes at traffic lights depends on whether the light was red or yellow. Under Missouri law, drivers approaching a red light must come to a complete stop before entering an intersection or crossing a crosswalk. They must remain stopped until the light changes and traffic in the intersection clears.
This means that the liability for most red light crashes is relatively straightforward. When a driver enters an intersection after the light turns red, they violate Missouri’s traffic laws and, therefore, act negligently. As a result, they’ll generally be liable for any resulting crash.
If a traffic light turns red after the driver has entered the intersection, the analysis becomes slightly more complicated. A yellow light only signifies that a red signal is imminent. The law doesn’t require drivers to stop when facing a yellow light. Thus, drivers can enter an intersection when approaching a yellow light. The reasonableness of this act depends on the circumstances.
For example, if the yellow light is very “stale,” the driver may violate their duty of care by entering the intersection. Similarly, a driver may be negligent if they speed up when the light turns yellow to make it through the intersection before it turns red. In such instances, an insurer or jury might allocate fault between the drivers under Missouri’s pure comparative fault law.
Contact Our St. Louis Car Accident Lawyers for a Free Consultation
An intersection crash can result in disabling injuries that require extensive medical treatment and rehabilitation. Contact Eason Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers for a free consultation to discuss your injury-related losses and your options for seeking compensation for them. Call our St. Louis car accident lawyers to schedule a free consultation.
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Areas of Practice
We represent victims injured in a wide range of accident and injury claims, including
Commercial trucks are usually insured for $1 million or more, and the carriers behind them have lawyers and investigators on the file the day of the crash. Trucking cases need immediate attention to preserve the evidence that wins them, including the driver's logs, the truck's electronic data, maintenance records, and the company's safety history. We handle these cases regularly and know what to look for.
Crashes involving delivery vans, work trucks, rideshare drivers on the clock, and other company vehicles often encompass multiple insurance policies and a fight over who was working for whom at the time. Untangling that is a meaningful part of the case, and it can substantially change what's available to the injured client.
Spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, severe burns, and traumatic amputations require careful calculation of future medical costs and other long-term care needs. We work with life-care planners and medical economists so the full lifetime cost of the injury is on the table, and not just the medical bills that have already come in.
Wrongful death claims are about more than money. Families need answers and accountability as much as they need financial security. We handle these cases with the seriousness they deserve and walk families through the legal and emotional landscape carefully.
Traumatic brain injuries don't always show up clearly on a standard ER scan, and adjusters routinely undervalue them despite the serious health implications. These cases require thorough medical documentation, the right specialists, and expert testimony to be valued correctly.
Pedestrian Accidents
Pedestrian collisions tend to produce severe injuries from impact alone. Liability is often clear, but carriers still push back on damages. We make sure the long-term medical, vocational, and personal impact is fully documented.
Motorcyclists face built-in bias from insurance adjusters who automatically assume the rider was at fault. We've handled enough of these cases to know how that argument gets made and how to push back.
We don't take every car accident case. We take the serious ones, such as those involving significant injuries, disputed liability, or commercial vehicles, as well as aggressive insurance carriers.
Construction injury cases often involve third-party liability, and OSHA issues, which further complicate matters. The investigation has to start quickly before site conditions change and evidence disappears.
Experienced representation for patients harmed by medical errors, misdiagnosis, surgical mistakes, and other forms of healthcare negligence.
Why This Firm Exists
James Eason didn't build this firm to be the biggest. He built it to be the kind of firm an injured person actually needs. We are small enough to stay personally involved, prepared enough to walk into court, and selective enough to take cases seriously. The model most personal injury firms run on is volume: take everything, settle most of it quickly, and then move on to the next injured client. That works for the firm, but it doesn't always work for the client. The lawyers who genuinely prepare every case for trial are the ones who get the best results, because the insurance carriers know the difference. That's our model here.
Steps to Proceed
Our Proven Process
We'll listen to what happened, ask the questions that matter, and tell you honestly whether we think the case is worth pursuing. If we don't, we'll say so.
Investigation
If we take the case, we get to work, investigating the police reports, medical records, and witness statements, preserving the evidence and working with experts as needed.
We build a documented claim and present it to the insurance carrier. Most cases settle here. If yours doesn’t, we keep going.
Litigation Preparation
If the offer isn't fair, we litigate. Because we've prepared the case for trial from the beginning, we're ready when it gets there.
Settlement, mediation, or verdict — we pursue whichever outcome reflects what your case is actually worth.
Professional Recognition
Honors & Professional Organizations
James Eason is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and is on the Board of Governors. He also belongs to the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, National Trial Lawyers, American Association of Justice, and Mound City Bar Association
James has been honored with membership in the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, recognized as one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements. The organization was founded in 1993 and there are approximately 3000 members located throughout the country. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members. Forum membership acknowledges excellence in advocacy.
Eason Law Firm has also been nominated as a finalist in the St. Louis Magazine A-List for Personal Injury Attorneys.
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
Missouri’s leading organization advocating for the rights of injured citizens and holding wrongdoers accountable through the civil justice system.
St. Louis Lawyers Association
One of the oldest and most influential bar associations in St. Louis, fostering legal excellence and community service across the region.
What You Get When You Work With Us
No Fee Unless We Recover
We offer standard contingency representation. You pay nothing upfront and nothing at all unless we recover
Handled by Our Team, Not Handed Off
Your case is managed by our legal team from start to finish. We do not pass clients from office to office or outsource case management.
Trial-ready preparation
Insurance carriers pay more when they believe the lawyer across the table is genuinely prepared to try the case
Honest case evaluation
If the case isn't strong enough to pursue, we'll tell you. If it's worth fighting, we'll explain exactly why.
Available when it matters
Serious injuries don't keep business hours. Neither do we.