diff --git a/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccess.php b/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccess.php
index 968ab96..9603233 100644
--- a/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccess.php
+++ b/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccess.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public static function createWithJsonSchemaValidation($value, string $jsonSchema
         $result = (new Validator())->schemaValidation(\json_decode(\json_encode($value)), $schema, 10);
 
         if (!$result->isValid()) {
-            throw ArrayAccessFailed::jsonSchemaValidationFailed(...$result->getErrors());
+            throw ArrayAccessValidationFailed::withValidationErrors(...$result->getErrors());
         }
 
         return new self($value);
@@ -63,15 +63,19 @@ public static function newFromDotAnnotation(DotAnnotation ...$dotAnnotations): s
         return new self($newArray);
     }
 
-    public function writeAtPath($value, ...$path): self
+    public function writeAtPath($value, string ...$path): self
     {
-        $pointer = &$this->data;
+        $instance = new self($this->data);
+
+        $path = empty($path) ? [0] : $path;
+
+        $pointer = &$instance->data;
         foreach ($path as $key) {
             $pointer = &$pointer[$key];
         }
         $pointer = $value;
 
-        return new self($this->data);
+        return $instance;
     }
 
     public function hasPath(...$path): bool
diff --git a/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccessValidationFailed.php b/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccessValidationFailed.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1f198c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccessValidationFailed.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Mschindler83\ArrayAccess;
+
+use Opis\JsonSchema\ValidationError;
+
+class ArrayAccessValidationFailed extends \RuntimeException
+{
+    private array $errors;
+
+    private ArrayAccess $errorMapping;
+
+    public static function withValidationErrors(ValidationError ...$errors): self
+    {
+        $messages = \array_map(
+            function(ValidationError $error) {
+                return \sprintf(
+                    'Error: [%s], Data pointer: [%s]',
+                    $error->keyword(),
+                    \implode(', ', $error->dataPointer()),
+                );
+            },
+            $errors
+        );
+
+        $instance = new self(
+            \sprintf('Json schema validation failed: %s', \implode(', ', $messages))
+        );
+
+        $instance->errors = $errors;
+        $instance->errorMapping = ArrayAccess::create([]);
+        foreach ($errors as $error) {
+            $instance->errorMapping = $instance->errorMapping->writeAtPath((string) $error->keyword(), ...$error->dataPointer());
+        }
+
+        return $instance;
+    }
+
+    public function errorMapping(): ArrayAccess
+    {
+        return $this->errorMapping;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1c26040..b000edf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ JSON schema: <json-schema.json>
 }
 ```
 
+If validation fails, an `ArrayAccessValidationFailed` exception will be thrown.
+You can get an `ArrayAccess` object of validation errors by calling the method `errorMapping()` on the exception.
+
 ### Access values
 ```
 $array = [
diff --git a/Tests/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccessTest.php b/Tests/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccessTest.php
index 175c9d3..277387a 100644
--- a/Tests/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccessTest.php
+++ b/Tests/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccessTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use BadMethodCallException;
 use Mschindler83\ArrayAccess\ArrayAccess;
 use Mschindler83\ArrayAccess\ArrayAccessFailed;
+use Mschindler83\ArrayAccess\ArrayAccessValidationFailed;
 use Mschindler83\ArrayAccess\DotAnnotation\SimpleDotAnnotation;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public function it_validates_with_json_schema_validator(): void
      */
     public function it_raises_an_exception_on_failed_json_schema_validation(): void
     {
-        $this->expectException(ArrayAccessFailed::class);
+        $this->expectException(ArrayAccessValidationFailed::class);
         $this->expectExceptionMessage('Json schema validation failed: Error: [minLength], Data pointer: [key1], Error: [type], Data pointer: [key2], Error: [additionalProperties], Data pointer: []');
 
         $data = [
@@ -155,7 +156,8 @@ public function it_can_write_at_path(): void
         ];
 
         $access = ArrayAccess::create($testArray);
-        $newAccess = $access->writeAtPath('new-value', 'Foo', 'Bar', 'New');
+        $access = $access->writeAtPath('new-value', 'Foo', 'Bar', 'New');
+        $access = $access->writeAtPath('new-value-2', 'Foo', 'Bar', 'New-2');
 
         static::assertSame(
             [
@@ -163,6 +165,49 @@ public function it_can_write_at_path(): void
                     'Bar' => [
                         'Baz' => 'Buz',
                         'New' => 'new-value',
+                        'New-2' => 'new-value-2',
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+            $access->data()
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_can_write_value_at_single_path(): void
+    {
+        $access = ArrayAccess::create([]);
+        $newAccess = $access->writeAtPath('new-value', 'Foo');
+
+        static::assertSame('new-value', $newAccess->string('Foo'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_can_write_empty_array(): void
+    {
+        $access = ArrayAccess::create([]);
+        $access = $access->writeAtPath([], '0');
+
+        static::assertSame([], $access->array(0));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_can_write_at_path_on_empty_access(): void
+    {
+        $access = ArrayAccess::create([]);
+        $newAccess = $access->writeAtPath('new-value', 'Foo', 'Bar', 'New');
+
+        static::assertSame(
+            [
+                'Foo' => [
+                    'Bar' => [
+                        'New' => 'new-value',
                     ],
                 ],
             ],
@@ -170,6 +215,28 @@ public function it_can_write_at_path(): void
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_writes_on_zero_index_if_empty_path_provided(): void
+    {
+        $access = ArrayAccess::create([]);
+        $access = $access->writeAtPath('foo');
+
+        static::assertSame(['foo'], $access->data());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_writes_null_value_on_zero_index(): void
+    {
+        $access = ArrayAccess::create([]);
+        $access = $access->writeAtPath(null);
+
+        static::assertSame([0 => null], $access->data());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      */
diff --git a/Tests/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccessValidationFailedTest.php b/Tests/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccessValidationFailedTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a1174f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/ArrayAccess/ArrayAccessValidationFailedTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Mschindler83\Tests\ArrayAccess;
+
+use Mschindler83\ArrayAccess\ArrayAccessValidationFailed;
+use Opis\JsonSchema\ValidationError;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class ArrayAccessValidationFailedTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_can_return_errors(): void
+    {
+        $error1 = new ValidationError(null, ['e1dp1', 'e1dp2'], [], false, 'kw1');
+        $error2 = new ValidationError(null, ['e2dp1', 'e2dp2'], [], false, 'kw2');
+
+        $exception = ArrayAccessValidationFailed::withValidationErrors($error1, $error2);
+
+        static::assertSame(
+            [
+                'e1dp1' => [
+                    'e1dp2' => 'kw1'
+                ],
+                'e2dp1' => [
+                    'e2dp2' => 'kw2'
+                ],
+            ],
+            $exception->errorMapping()->data()
+         );
+    }
+}
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