Registration code 07-15-9368313

Drunk Mercedes-Benz driver and Opel crash on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
6
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Saturday, 13 June 2015, at night at 23:50, in Kaišiadorių district municipality, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė) main road (kilometre 74.93), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Mercedes-Benz E220 and an Opel Omega. Two people were injured — a 63-year-old passenger of the Opel (treated as an outpatient) and a 64-year-old passenger of the Opel (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 26-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (9 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance and failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 110 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
110

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants6Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 26 y. (exp. 9 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated2.40 ‰
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to keep a safe distanceFailure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Female, 24 y.

Unharmed
Intoxicated1.70 ‰
Citizenship Lithuania

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Participants

Car driver

Female, 52 y. (exp. 33 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Passenger

Male, 63 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Passenger

Female, 63 y.

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania

Passenger

Female, 64 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania