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.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while turning left (U-turning)
Rear-end collision while turning left
Location
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

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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