Registration code 07-14-8400901

Volkswagen Passat and a cyclist crash on the Vilnius–Šumskas road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 30 April 2014, in the evening at 22:21, in Vilniaus district municipality, on the Vilnius–Šumskas national road (kilometre 23.95), a collision with a bicycle occurred. The collision involved a bicycle and a Volkswagen Passat. One person was injured — a 40-year-old cyclist (hospitalized). The accident was caused by a 40-year-old cyclist, who was cycling at night or in poor visibility without a reflective vest or reflective elements and was cycling at night or in poor visibility without reflectors on the bicycle. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collision with a bicycle
Head-on collision
Location
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Cyclist

Male, 40 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Cycling at night or in poor visibility without a reflective vest or reflective elementsCycling at night or in poor visibility without reflectors on the bicycle

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Participants

Car driver

Female, 23 y. (exp. 4 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania