Encyclopedia of Car Crashes: Crash Type 30

Slow Car in the Fast Lane

30Rear-ended on the freeway avoiding hazard

Sixteen year-old comes upon a car which has just changed his tire in the center median and is now merging into the fast lane of the freeway. Although he was able to stop, he was rear-ended on the freeway by the oncoming cars

Details: Elderly couple, flat tire, new driver, vinyl pants