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Registration code 07-15-9415581

Volkswagen Golf and BMW crash on the Kaunas–Zapyškis–Šakiai road

Injury accident
3
Participants
2
Injured
1
Killed
Injured children: 1

On Wednesday, 21 October 2015, in the evening at 18:30, in Kauno district municipality, on the Kaunas–Zapyškis–Šakiai national road (kilometre 16.55), a head-on collision while overtaking occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Golf and a BMW 530 XI. One person died — the 63-year-old driver of the Volkswagen. Two people were injured — a 16-year-old passenger of the BMW (hospitalized) and the 21-year-old driver of the BMW (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 63-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (less than a year of driving experience), who violated overtaking rules. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision while overtaking
Location
90

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 63 y. (exp. 0 y.)

Killed
Sober
Violation of overtaking rules

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Participants

Passenger

Female, 16 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Car driver

Male, 21 y. (exp. 2 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

At this spot — 1 crash, 1 injured

within 100 m

On this road part — 5 crashes, 6 injured, 1 killed

Kaunas–Zapyškis–Šakiai, between km 14–16