Registration code 07-15-9198155

Peugeot and Volkswagen crash on Rimkų g., Klaipėda

Injury accident
3
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Monday, 6 April 2015, in the afternoon at 13:49, in Klaipėda, on Rimkų street, a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Peugeot 206 and a Volkswagen Golf. Two people were injured — a 55-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient) and the 69-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 35-year-old driver of the Peugeot (16 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
50

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryWinding downhillBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Female, 35 y. (exp. 16 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Passenger

Male, 55 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Car driver

Male, 69 y. (exp. 23 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania