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Registration code 07-15-9416741

BMW and Volvo truck crash on the Vilnius-Švenčionys-Zarasai road

Injury accident
2
Participants
0
Injured
1
Killed

On Sunday, 8 November 2015, in the afternoon at 16:47, in Zarasų district municipality, Gailiutiškės farmstead, on the Vilnius-Švenčionys-Zarasai national road (kilometre 148.97), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a BMW 318 and a Volvo FH12 registered in Russia. One person died — the 32-year-old driver of the BMW. The accident was caused by the 32-year-old driver of the BMW (10 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed and entered the oncoming traffic lane. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was raining, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
90

Weather

Rain

Rain

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryHorizontal bendBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 32 y. (exp. 10 y.)

Killed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speedEntering the oncoming traffic lane

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 30 y. (exp. 11 y.)

Unharmed
Sober