Registration code

07-14-8929104

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 19 November 2014, in the evening at 17:30, in Šilutės district municipality, on the Kvėdarna–Švėkšna–Saugos national road (kilometre 28.11), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Peugeot 307 and a horse-drawn cart. One person was injured — a 50-year-old cart driver (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 53-year-old driver of the Peugeot (17 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance and failed to choose a safe speed. 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.

Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 53 y. (exp. 17 y.)

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

Participants

Cart driver

Male, 50 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

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