Registration code 07-15-9416260

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

At-fault driver drunk
3
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Saturday, 31 October 2015, at night at 23:08, in Rietavo municipality, on the Kryžkalnis–Rietavas–Vėžaičiai national road (kilometre 44.90), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Passat and an Audi 80. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 22-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (5 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. He was drunk (1.70‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was twilight, the weather was clear, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 22 y. (exp. 5 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated1.70 ‰Moderate degree of intoxication
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Car driver

Female, 49 y. (exp. 10 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

Passenger

Female, 21 y.

Unharmed
Intoxicated0.79 ‰