In Dallas, a person hurt in a rideshare accident caused by someone else can recover medical costs, lost income, and pain under Texas law. Owsley Law Firm handles Dallas rideshare accidents from its Houston offices, comes to you, and charges no fee unless it wins. Call before you speak with any insurer.
Rideshare Accidents in Dallas
Where do Dallas rideshare accidents happen?
Dallas rideshare crashes concentrate in Uptown, Deep Ellum, Lower Greenville, and at DFW and Love Field. App-status records decide which of three insurers pays.
Dallas rideshare crashes concentrate in Uptown, Deep Ellum, Lower Greenville, and Bishop Arts, and on the routes to DFW and Love Field. Weekend nightlife crashes with intoxicated third drivers are common, and the Mixmaster and High Five produce interchange crashes with passengers aboard. The firm’s Dallas rideshare cases most often involve a passenger hurt when a third driver ran a light in Uptown or rear-ended the rideshare car on Central Expressway.
Corridors where Dallas rideshare accidents cluster
- The High Five interchange at US-75 and I-635
- The Mixmaster at I-30 and I-35E downtown
- I-635 LBJ Freeway between the Dallas North Tollway and US-75
- I-30 East through Mesquite and Garland
- Loop 12 and Northwest Highway at Harry Hines
- I-20 at I-45 and US-175 in southern Dallas County
Cases from Dallas
What does a Dallas rideshare accident case look like?
A driver merging from the LBJ express lanes into congested main lanes clips a family SUV at 60 miles per hour; the mother’s wrist and hip need surgery.
What to do now
What should you do after a rideshare accident in Dallas?
- Get examined the same day. Parkland Memorial Hospital (Level I trauma) and Baylor University Medical Center (Level I trauma) handle the serious rideshare accident injuries from Dallas; an urgent care visit the same day is enough to start the record if you are not transported.
- Photograph the vehicles, the road, and your injuries where it happened, especially on I-35E (Stemmons Freeway) and I-30, where scenes are cleared within minutes.
- Get the Dallas crash report. Dallas Police Department reports are available through the TxDOT Crash Report Online Purchase System, usually within 10 days. The firm obtains it for clients at no charge.
- Report the crash to your own insurer, but give no recorded statement to the other driver’s carrier until you have counsel.
- Know where the case goes. Dallas rideshare accidents suits are filed in the Dallas County Civil District Courts, George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building, or Dallas County Courts at Law depending on the crash location.
- Call the firm. Dallas clients are handled from Houston by phone, video, and mail, and the firm travels to Dallas for meetings, depositions, and court. The consultation is free.
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Common questions
Dallas rideshare accident questions
Where do Dallas rideshare accidents happen most?
Uptown, Deep Ellum, Lower Greenville, Bishop Arts, and the airport routes on I-35E and the Dallas North Tollway.
Where is a Dallas rideshare accident case filed?
In the Dallas County Civil District Courts downtown. The rideshare company and the drivers’ insurers are served wherever they are located.
What if my Lyft crashed on the way from Love Field or DFW Airport?
If the trip was in progress, the $1 million coverage Texas law requires applies. A crash on DFW Airport property may be handled by the airport’s own police department rather than Dallas Police, so the report comes from a different agency. Request the report from whichever agency responded, and save your trip receipt.
Can I claim against Uber if the driver was not logged into the app?
Usually not through the rideshare company’s policy. If the driver was offline, the crash is covered only by the driver’s personal auto policy, which may exclude commercial driving or may not apply at all. That is why the app status at the moment of the crash, shown in the company’s trip data, is the first thing to establish.