Registration code 07-15-9416191

Hit-and-run Opel driver in crash with Hyundai on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road

At-fault driver fled the scene
2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 30 October 2015, in the evening at 18:02, in Šiaulių district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 62.10), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved an Opel Vectra and a Hyundai Santa FE. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 56-year-old driver of the Opel (19 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when changing direction. He fled the scene. 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 50 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Lane change to the left
Location
50

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight downhillBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at faultFled the scene

Car driver

Male, 56 y. (exp. 19 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to give way when changing direction

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 59 y. (exp. 4 y.)

Unharmed
Sober