The driver behind is usually the one who ends up liable in an Indiana rear-end collision, and Indiana law gets there through a single question: was that driver following more closely than was reasonable and prudent? Fault is then divided under Indiana's comparative fault statute, on the evidence of what each driver did. The driver in front owes a duty of their own, and where the evidence shows that duty was not met, part of the fault can sit with them. A rear-end crash that leaves both cars driveable is easy to treat as minor, and a neck in...
