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Registration code 07-15-9419497

Dozing Volkswagen Golf driver and Volkswagen crash on the Vilnius–Panevėžys road

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Saturday, 19 December 2015, in the morning at 7:33, in Ukmergės district municipality, on the Vilnius–Panevėžys (k. pusė) main road (kilometre 73.75), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Golf and a Volkswagen Sharan. One person was injured — a 45-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen Golf (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 44-year-old driver of the Volkswagen Golf (26 years of driving experience), who was driving fatigued, failed to keep a safe distance and fell asleep at the wheel. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 110 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Panevėžys (k pusė), 73.75 km, Ukmergės r. sav.
Location by coordinates
55.15655, 24.48196

The recorded address and the coordinates point to different places (24.1 km apart) – which one is right is unknown.

110

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight downhillBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 44 y. (exp. 26 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
FatigueFailure to keep a safe distanceFalling asleep

Passenger

Female, 45 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

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Participants

Car driver

Female, 28 y. (exp. 3 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
The coordinates may be inaccurate — the recorded address is 24.1 km away