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Registration code

07-16-9420878

3
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Monday, 11 January 2016, in the afternoon at 16:55, in Plungės district municipality, on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė national road (kilometre 52.63), a head-on collision while overtaking occurred. The collision involved a Renault Megane Scenic, an Audi 80 and a Volkswagen Sharan. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 43-year-old driver of the Renault (18 years of driving experience), who violated overtaking rules. All drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was snowing, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision while overtaking
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight downhillBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles3Damaged3

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 63 y. (exp. 21 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to give way when changing direction

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 43 y. (exp. 18 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Violation of overtaking rules

Participants

Car driver

Male, 55 y. (exp. 18 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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