Registration code 07-15-9016622

BMW X5 and Volkswagen crash on the Prienai–Birštonas road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Sunday, 11 January 2015, in the afternoon at 16:30, in Prienų district municipality, on the Prienai–Birštonas regional road (kilometre 5.85), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a BMW X5 and a Volkswagen Passat. One person was injured — the 36-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 25-year-old driver of the BMW (3 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was overcast, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
90

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Female, 25 y. (exp. 3 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 36 y. (exp. 17 y.)

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania