Registration code 07-13-7475273

Drunk Audi driver and moped crash on the Tauragė–Žygaičiai–Vainutas road

Injury accidentAt-fault driver fled the sceneAt-fault driver drunk
2
Participants
0
Injured
1
Killed

On Monday, 22 April 2013, in the evening at 21:35, in Tauragės district municipality, on the Tauragė–Žygaičiai–Vainutas national road (kilometre 20), a collision with a moped occurred. The collision involved an Audi 100 and a moped. One person died — the 55-year-old driver of a moped. The accident was caused by the 51-year-old driver of the Audi (37 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance and failed to choose a safe speed. He was drunk (0.22‰ blood alcohol) and fled the scene. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collision with a moped
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At faultFled the scene

Car driver

Male, 51 y. (exp. 37 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated0.22 ‰Moderate degree of intoxication
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to keep a safe distanceFailure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Moped rider

Female, 55 y. (exp. 1 y.)

Killed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania