Registration code 07-13-7365075

Ford Galaxy hits children at a crossing on Tilžės highway

Injury accident
3
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 28 February 2013, in the afternoon at 11:50, in Tauragės district municipality, Taurų village, on Tilžės highway, at the junction with Žemaičių street, a Ford Galaxy hit two pedestrians at a pedestrian crossing. Two people were injured — a 11-year-old pedestrian (hospitalized) and a 11-year-old pedestrian (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 28-year-old driver of the Ford (3 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. The driver was sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 60 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Hitting a pedestrian at a pedestrian crossing
Pedestrian at a crossing past an intersection
Location
60

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Female, 28 y. (exp. 3 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Other participants

Pedestrian

Female, 11 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Pedestrian

Female, 11 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
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