Registration code

07-14-8949578

At-fault driver drunk
2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 4 December 2014, in the morning at 6:52, in Rietavo municipality, on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė national road (kilometre 80.50), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Mitsubishi Carisma and a Volkswagen Caddy. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 43-year-old driver of the Mitsubishi (11 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. He was drunk (2.41‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, there was freezing rain, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryHorizontal bendBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 43 y. (exp. 11 y.)

Unharmed
IntoxicatedModerate degree of intoxication2.41 ‰
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to choose a safe speed

Participants

Car driver

Male, 47 y. (exp. 10 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

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