San Jose, CA, September 23 – A two-car crash on Highway 101 left one person with minor injuries on Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The injured person was taken to a local hospital for treatment. CHP officials said the events leading up to the collision were not immediately determined, and no additional information about the vehicles or drivers involved had been released as investigators continued to review the incident.
San Jose Two-Car Crash on Highway 101 Near 880 Freeway Injures One
The California Highway Patrol said the crash occurred around 11:25 a.m. on Highway 101 near the 880 Freeway. Two vehicles were involved in the collision, which happened on a Sunday morning. The CHP has not released the vehicle types, the drivers’ identities, or specifics of how the two cars came together on the freeway. The report indicates only that a two-car collision took place at that location and time.
One person suffered minor injuries in the crash and was taken to a local hospital for treatment, the CHP reported. No information has been released about that person’s condition beyond the description of the injuries as minor, and the CHP has not said whether anyone else involved in the two-car collision was hurt. The name of the injured person and the hospital where they were treated have not been disclosed.
The events leading up to the two-car collision were not immediately determined, the California Highway Patrol said. The agency has not released additional information about what caused the vehicles to collide. Further details about the crash, including the extent of any vehicle damage or whether other factors contributed to the collision, have not been made public. The CHP’s investigation into the accident remains ongoing, and no additional findings have been announced.
What the at-fault driver is required to carry, and why it often is not enough
Vehicle Code section 16056 sets California’s minimum liability limits, and they changed recently. For a policy issued or renewed on or after 1 January 2025, the minimum is $30,000 for injury to or death of one person, $60,000 where two or more people are hurt, and $15,000 for property damage. Policies written before that date may still carry the older minimum of $15,000, $30,000 and $5,000.
Those are floors, not typical limits, and a single hospital admission can exhaust the lower figure before any other loss is counted. Where the at-fault driver carries the minimum, the uninsured and underinsured motorist cover on the injured person’s own policy is often the part that matters most, and it is worth checking early rather than after the other insurer has made an offer.
The deadline that applies to a claim like this one
Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1 gives two years for an action for injury to, or for the death of, an individual caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another. The same two years covers an injury claim and a death claim; there is no separate, shorter period because someone died.
Talking to someone about it
Culver Legal represents people injured in collisions across California. A conversation about what happened costs nothing, and we work on a contingency fee, which means there is no fee unless we win. If we do not win, we do not pass the case costs on to you either.
Nothing on this page is legal advice about any particular case, and the facts of a reported collision often change as the investigation continues.
