Registration code 07-13-7717020

Drunk BMW driver and Volkswagen crash on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
3
Participants
1
Injured
1
Killed

On Saturday, 3 August 2013, in the afternoon at 14:16, in Šiaulių district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas (kelio ruožo su skir. juosta d. pusė) main road (kilometre 61.56), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a BMW 520 and a Volkswagen Sharan. One person died — a 62-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen. One person was injured — the 63-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 32-year-old driver of the BMW (13 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. He was drunk (3.94‰ blood alcohol). According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). 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.

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

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 32 y. (exp. 13 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated3.94 ‰Severe degree of intoxication
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Passenger

Male, 62 y.

Killed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Car driver

Female, 63 y. (exp. 25 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
No saved coordinates — point estimated from the road kilometre