Registration code 07-13-8032550

Saab 9-3 and two other cars crash on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 6 December 2013, in the evening at 17:20, in Šilalės district municipality, Bytaučių village, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 229), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Saab 9-3, an Audi Q7 and a Toyota Avensis. One person was injured — the 24-year-old driver of the Saab (treated as an outpatient, was not wearing a seatbelt). The accident was caused by the 24-year-old driver of the Saab (7 years of driving experience), who violated traffic rules on motorways. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, there was a blizzard, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 110 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Other collisions with vehicles moving in the same direction
Location
Contributing factor
Slippery road
110

Weather

Blizzard

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles3Damaged3

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 24 y. (exp. 7 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Violation of traffic rules on motorwaysOther traffic rule violations

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Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 27 y. (exp. 5 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to choose a safe speed

Other participants

Other

Unharmed
Sober
No saved coordinates — point estimated from the road kilometre