Registration code

07-14-8166124

Injury accident
5
Participants
3
Injured
1
Killed

On Friday, 7 February 2014, at night at 1:47, in Raseinių district municipality, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė) main road (kilometre 145.90), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Mercedes-Benz, a Samro, a MAN TGA 18.460, a Schmitz SKO 24, a Schmitz and an Iveco LD440E42. One person died — the 51-year-old driver of the Iveco. Three people were injured — a 14-year-old passenger of the Iveco (hospitalized), the 56-year-old driver of the MAN (hospitalized) and a 56-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 57-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (15 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. All drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 110 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
Contributing factor
Slippery road
110
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight uphillBarriers present
Participants5Vehicles6Damaged6

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 57 y. (exp. 15 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 56 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Participants

Passenger

Male, 14 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Car driver

Male, 51 y. (exp. 15 y.)

Killed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Participants

Car driver

Male, 56 y. (exp. 20 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

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