Registration code 07-13-7285779

Hyundai and Opel crash on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 10 January 2013, in the morning at 8:25, in Kelmės district municipality, Suvartuvos village, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 84.15), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Hyundai i 30 and an Opel Insignia. One person was injured — the 43-year-old driver of the Hyundai (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 43-year-old driver of the Hyundai (11 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was snowing, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collisions
Other collisions with vehicles moving in the opposite direction
Location
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90

Weather

Snow, hail

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Female, 43 y. (exp. 11 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentExtent of harm not determined
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 52 y. (exp. 32 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
No saved coordinates — point estimated from the road kilometre