Registration code

07-15-9239382

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 22 April 2015, in the afternoon at 15:02, in Mažeikių district municipality, on the Kuršėnai–Mažeikiai national road (kilometre 44.56), at a yard or parking-lot exit, a collision while turning left (U-turning) occurred. The collision involved a Lexus GS 430 registered in Latvia and a MAN TGS 41.440. One person was injured — a 33-year-old passenger of the Lexus (severely injured, hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 27-year-old driver of the Lexus (a citizen of Latvia) (5 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance and failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). At the time of the accident the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Collisions while turning left (U-turning)
Rear-end collision while turning left
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 27 y. (exp. 5 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Latvia
Failure to keep a safe distanceFailure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 33 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Participants

Car driver

Male, 52 y. (exp. 34 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

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