Lancia Lybra and Toyota crash on the Naujieji Valkininkai–Daugai–Alytus road

On Saturday, 2 May 2015, in the afternoon at 12:15, in Varėnos district municipality, on the Naujieji Valkininkai–Daugai–Alytus national road (kilometre 18.90), a collision while turning left (U-turning) occurred. The collision involved a Lancia Lybra and a Toyota Avensis. Four people were injured — the 61-year-old driver of the Toyota (treated as an outpatient), a 27-year-old passenger of the Lancia (treated as an outpatient), a 2-year-old passenger of the Lancia (treated as an outpatient) and the 32-year-old driver of the Lancia (treated as an outpatient). 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 90 km/h.

Date / Time

Saturday, 02/05/2015, 12:15

How it happened

Collision turning left or making a U-turn

Type

Collision with a vehicle moving in the same direction

LocationCorrected by the coordinates

Krašto keliai Naujieji Valkininkai–Daugai–Alytus, 18.9 km, Varėnos r. sav.

Recorded locationPolice data

Krašto keliai Valkininkų g s –Daugai–Alytus, 17.83 km, Varėnos r. sav.

The coordinates lie on the same road, but at 18.9 km rather than the recorded 17.83 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.