Registration code 07-13-7951276

Volkswagen Passat and Volvo crash on the Panevėžys–Šiauliai road

Injury accident
2
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 5 November 2013, in the afternoon at 12:40, in Panevėžio district municipality, Niaukonių village, on the Panevėžys–Šiauliai main road (kilometre 16.21), a head-on collision while overtaking occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Passat and a Volvo V70. Two people were injured — the 22-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (hospitalized) and the 40-year-old driver of the Volvo (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 22-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (3 years of driving experience), who violated overtaking rules. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was raining, it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision while overtaking
Location
90

Weather

Rain

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Female, 22 y. (exp. 3 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentExtent of harm not determined
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Violation of overtaking rules

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 40 y. (exp. 22 y.)

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