Volkswagen Passat hits an animal on the Naujieji Valkininkai–Daugai–Alytus road

On Saturday, 11 April 2015, in the evening at around 22:00, in Varėnos district municipality, on the Naujieji Valkininkai–Daugai–Alytus national road (kilometre 14.50), a Volkswagen Passat hit an animal. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 37-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (19 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time

Saturday, 11/04/2015, 22:00

How it happened

Hitting an animal

LocationCorrected by the coordinates

Krašto keliai Naujieji Valkininkai–Daugai–Alytus, 14.5 km, Varėnos r. sav.

Recorded locationPolice data

Krašto keliai Valkininkų g s –Daugai–Alytus, 16 km, Varėnos r. sav.

The coordinates lie on the same road, but at 14.5 km rather than the recorded 16 km, so the location by the coordinates is taken as the true one. The state road register has no road by that name – it is the Naujieji Valkininkai–Daugai–Alytus road.