Registration code 07-13-7319701

Mercedes-Benz bus and Skoda bus crash on Laisvės avenue, Vilnius

Injury accident
5
Participants
3
Injured
0
Killed

On Sunday, 3 February 2013, in the morning at 9:29, in Vilnius, on Laisvės avenue near No. 28, at a public-transport stop, a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Mercedes-Benz O 405 and a Skoda 14 TR 02. Three people were injured — a 31-year-old passenger of the Skoda (treated as an outpatient), a 19-year-old passenger of the Skoda (a citizen of Turkey) (treated as an outpatient) and a 59-year-old passenger of the Skoda (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 56-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (38 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 60 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
Contributing factor
Slippery road
60

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants5Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 56 y. (exp. 38 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 43 y. (exp. 18 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Passenger

Female, 31 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Passenger

Female, 19 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNo injuries recorded
Sober
Citizenship Turkey

Passenger

Female, 59 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentNo injuries recorded
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
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