Registration code

07-15-9418777

Injury accident
4
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 9 December 2015, in the afternoon at 14:11, in Šilutės district municipality, on the Kaunas–Jurbarkas–Šilutė–Klaipėda national road (kilometre 184), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a MAN 8.163 and a Ford Transit FT 300. Two people were injured — the 72-year-old driver of the Ford (treated as an outpatient) and a 46-year-old passenger of the Ford (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 35-year-old driver of the MAN (6 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when crossing an intersection. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
70
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 35 y. (exp. 6 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to give way when crossing an intersection

Participants

Car driver

Male, 72 y. (exp. 27 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 46 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 69 y.

Unharmed
Sober

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