Registration code 07-13-8023905

Volkswagen hits a pedestrian at a crossing on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 3 December 2013, in the afternoon at 16:10, in Joniškio district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 14.52), a Volkswagen Passat hit a pedestrian at a pedestrian crossing. One person was injured — a 56-year-old pedestrian (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 18-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (less than a year of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was overcast, there was freezing rain, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Hitting a pedestrian at a pedestrian crossing
Location
50

Weather

Overcast

Freezing rain

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 18 y. (exp. 0 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Other participants

Pedestrian

Female, 56 y.

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