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Portuguese court confirms 80% liability for speeding driver and 20% for swerving driver in multi-car accident.

Case Number 9920682
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto confirmed a first-instance judgment allocating 80% fault to the lead driver and 20% to the following driver in a three-vehicle collision. The lead driver exceeded the speed limit by over 120 km/h, while the third vehicle swerved right to avoid the initial impact, also exceeding the limit. The court upheld this distribution based on the causal link between the excessive speed of the first driver and the subsequent chain reaction.

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ACIDENTE DE VIAÇÃO CULPA

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traffic accident liability excessive speed negligence fault apportionment chain reaction collision Portuguese civil code

Cited Legislation

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CE94 Art. 24 n.º 1
CE94 Art. 27 n.º 1

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 10/12/1998

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00030647

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP200011219920682

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 765/98

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] T J V N GAIA 3J

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/A802748C57DF640C802569ED0051817C?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Num acidente de viação em auto-estrada, em que o veículo A, por circular a mais de 120 Km/h, embate no veículo B que seguindo à sua frente, travara e o projecta para a direita, onde é embatido pelo veículo C que seguia atrás do A., também a mais de 120 km/h e guinou para a direita para evitar o embate, é adequada a repartição de 80% de culpa para o condutor do veículo A e de 20% para o condutor do veículo C.