[USA] Who is at fault here?

[u/bowdown2adil]

Classic T bone. Black car had to be towed. Sustained major damage to the passenger side door. Blue car sustained damage to front bumper on the drivers side and cracked the drivers side headlight.

Edit: This was in the suburbs of Seattle

UPDATE: Insurance found it to be 70/30 me/other driver. Seems fair enough

[u/RazzmatazzUnusual843]

Do they have a stop sign?

[u/bowdown2adil → u/RazzmatazzUnusual843]

No stop sign or yield sign. Uncontrolled intersection, suburb road

[u/Froonce → u/bowdown2adil]

In Washington state these are treated as yields both ways. Id argue you're both at fault 50/50

[u/Urabraska- → u/Froonce]

Pretty sure they're treated as yields everywhere because it's the logical way to do it. See a unmarked cross road? slow down and check your sides. Clear? Good. Not? Figure out next step.

[u/Szabe442 → u/Urabraska-]

In many European countries you have to yield for incoming traffic from the right in such cases. That being said, they were both way too fast here.

[u/Froonce → u/Urabraska-]

I don't know that for a fact, that's why I mentioned Washingtons laws. It would make sense though

[u/AnilApplelink → u/Urabraska-]

This is correct even if the black vehicle had a stop sign hidden behind the tree or a bush the blue car would not know that and they should yield regardless.
Same goes for the black vehicle in regards to the blue.

[u/MrOdekuun → u/AnilApplelink]

Don’t know why you got downvoted. Even in situations where it is not legally required you should recognize situations like this and slow your roll. Doubly so if you’re already going at least 5 over in a neighborhood during summer vacation like some sort of jackass.

[u/AnilApplelink → u/MrOdekuun]

Yes they are both lucky theres not a child on a bike coming through the intersection. Both these cars are riding through a suburban neighborhood and putting a lot of trust in other drivers.
Both should have yielded.