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Registration code 07-15-9414410

Mercedes-Benz bus and a cyclist crash on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road

Injury accident
2
Participants
0
Injured
1
Killed

On Friday, 2 October 2015, in the evening at 19:34, in Joniškio district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 7.72), a collision with a bicycle occurred. The collision involved a bicycle and a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. One person died — a 41-year-old cyclist. The accident was caused by a 41-year-old cyclist, who failed to give way when changing direction, was cycling at night or in poor visibility without reflectors on the bicycle and violated lighting-device usage rules. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collision with a bicycle
Collisions while turning left (U-turning)
Collision with a vehicle going straight
Location
70

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Cyclist

Female, 41 y.

Killed
Sober
Failure to give way when changing directionCycling at night or in poor visibility without reflectors on the bicycleViolation of lighting-device usage rules

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 48 y. (exp. 29 y.)

Unharmed
Sober