Registration code 07-15-9073777

Drunk Volkswagen driver hits an obstacle on the Kaunas–Jurbarkas–Šilutė–Klaipėda road

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
1
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 10 February 2015, in the afternoon at around 15:00, in Kauno district municipality, on the Kaunas–Jurbarkas–Šilutė–Klaipėda national road (kilometre 14.20), a Volkswagen Passat hit an obstacle. One person was injured — the 40-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 40-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (20 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. He was drunk (1.56‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Hitting an obstacle
Running off the road to the right on a straight section
Location
Location by coordinates
Dūminas, Dūmino g. 2, Kauno r. sav.

The recorded address and the coordinates point to different places (1.2 km apart) – which one is right is unknown.

70

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants1Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 40 y. (exp. 20 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentExtent of harm not determined
Intoxicated1.56 ‰Moderate degree of intoxication
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to choose a safe speed

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The coordinates may be inaccurate — the recorded address is 1.2 km away