Registration code

07-13-7673572

2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 16 July 2013, in the evening at 17:39, in Kelmės district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 77.08), a head-on collision while overtaking occurred. The collision involved an Opel Omega and a Hyundai Elantra. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 25-year-old driver of the Opel (a citizen of Latvia) (3 years of driving experience), who violated overtaking rules. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision while overtaking
Contributing factor
Tree
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 25 y. (exp. 3 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Latvia
Violation of overtaking rules

Participants

Car driver

Male, 30 y. (exp. 12 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

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