Registration code 07-14-8723448

Hit-and-run Volkswagen Golf driver and NEW Holland tractor crash on the Šiauliai–Palanga road

Injury accidentAt-fault driver fled the scene
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 2 September 2014, in the evening at 20:10, in Telšių district municipality, on the Šiauliai–Palanga main road (kilometre 55.40), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Golf and a NEW Holland. One person was injured — a 38-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient, was not wearing a seatbelt). The accident was caused by the 25-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (6 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance and failed to choose a safe speed. He fled the scene. Both drivers were sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). At the time of the accident the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
Magistraliniai keliai Šiauliai–Palanga, 55.4 km, Telšių r. sav.
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At faultFled the scene

Car driver

Male, 25 y. (exp. 6 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to keep a safe distanceFailure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 38 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

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Participants

Other vehicle driver

Male, 33 y. (exp. 6 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania