Registration code 07-13-7791740

Mercedes-Benz truck and Volkswagen crash on the Panevėžys–Aristava–Sitkūnai road

Injury accident
4
Participants
1
Injured
2
Killed

On Monday, 2 September 2013, in the afternoon at 14:06, in Kauno district municipality, on the Panevėžys–Aristava–Sitkūnai main road (kilometre 81), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Mercedes-Benz Mercedes - Benz 814D registered in Poland and a Volkswagen Passat. Two people died — the 26-year-old driver of the Volkswagen and a 54-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (was not wearing a seatbelt). One person was injured — a 32-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (severely injured, hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 48-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (a citizen of Poland) (26 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed and entered the oncoming traffic lane. Both drivers were 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 wet. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
70

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

48 y. (exp. 26 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Poland
Failure to choose a safe speedEntering the oncoming traffic lane

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 26 y. (exp. 7 y.)

Killed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Passenger

Female, 32 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Passenger

Female, 54 y.

Killed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
No saved coordinates — point estimated from the road kilometre