Registration code 07-15-9411843

Drunk Opel driver in crash with Volkswagen on the Kryžkalnis–Rietavas–Vėžaičiai road

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 20 August 2015, in the evening at 18:45, in Šilalės district municipality, Bilionių village, on the Kryžkalnis–Rietavas–Vėžaičiai national road (kilometre 28.42), a collision while turning right occurred. The collision involved an Opel Meriva and a Volkswagen Golf. One person was injured — the 69-year-old driver of the Opel (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 69-year-old driver of the Opel (44 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when crossing an intersection. He was drunk (2.20‰ blood alcohol). 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
Collision while turning right
Location
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 69 y. (exp. 44 y.)

InjuredHospital treatment
Intoxicated2.20 ‰Moderate degree of intoxication
Failure to give way when crossing an intersection

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 23 y. (exp. 5 y.)

Unharmed
Sober