How Can a Car Become Salvage Vehicle?
Your car becomes a salvage vehicle when an insurance company officially determines a salvage title should be issued by the state. As you might guess, the fine line between salvage and repairable can depend on the insurance adjuster.
Vehicles can get damaged in traffic accidents like t-bone crash, side collisions, head-on collisions, and even rollover accidents. It's not uncommon for both vehicles in an accident to be determined to be total losses and issued salvage titles.
Beyond accidents, vehicles often get totaled by severe weather events. Whenever you see a story about a tornado sweeping through a neighborhood, a hurricane striking a coastal area, or severe flooding from a town on a river or lake, you can be certain many vehicles will be determined to be salvage.
Lastly, your vehicle may be turned to salvage by either hitting an object, or an accident with an uninsured motorist. In these latter occasions, knowing the salvage value becomes even more important to getting wheels back under you.
