Registration code 07-15-9417219

Mercedes-Benz bus hits pedestrians at a crossing on Tilžės g., Klaipėda

Injury accident
3
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed
Injured children: 1

On Tuesday, 17 November 2015, in the morning at 7:54, in Klaipėda, on Tilžės street near No. 54, a Mercedes-Benz hit two pedestrians at a pedestrian crossing. Two people were injured — a 52-year-old pedestrian (treated as an outpatient) and a 15-year-old pedestrian (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 52-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (20 years of driving experience), who failed to fulfil pedestrian duties. The driver was 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 50 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Hitting a pedestrian at a pedestrian crossing
Location
50

Weather

Rain

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 52 y. (exp. 20 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to fulfil pedestrian duties

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Other participants

Pedestrian

Female, 52 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober

Pedestrian

Female, 15 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober