Registration code 07-13-8031321

Audi and MAN truck crash on the Plungė–Vėžaičiai road

Injury accident
6
Participants
2
Injured
3
Killed

On Friday, 6 December 2013, in the afternoon at 13:48, in Klaipėdos district municipality, Jurjonų village, on the Plungė–Vėžaičiai national road (kilometre 29.14), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved an Audi 80 and a MAN 19.403. Three people died — the 18-year-old driver of the Audi, a 18-year-old passenger of the Audi and a 18-year-old passenger of the Audi. Two people were injured — a 18-year-old passenger of the Audi (hospitalized) and a 17-year-old passenger of the Audi (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 18-year-old driver of the Audi (1 year of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. The 58-year-old driver of the MAN was drunk (0.75‰). At the time of the accident it was snowing, there was freezing rain, a strong wind was blowing, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90

Weather

Snow, hail

Freezing rainStrong wind

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryHorizontal bendBarriers present
Participants6Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 18 y. (exp. 1 y.)

Killed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Entering the oncoming traffic lane

Passenger

Female, 18 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Passenger

Male, 18 y.

Killed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Passenger

Female, 17 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Passenger

Male, 18 y.

Killed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 58 y. (exp. 17 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated0.75 ‰Mild degree of intoxication
Citizenship Lithuania
No saved coordinates — point estimated from the road kilometre