Registration code 07-16-9421831

Volvo hits pedestrians on T. Ivanausko g., Tauragė

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
3
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 26 January 2016, in the evening at 21:58, in Tauragės district municipality, on T. Ivanausko street near No. 56, a Volvo hit two pedestrians away from any crossing. Two people were injured — a 40-year-old pedestrian (treated as an outpatient) and a 55-year-old pedestrian (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by a 40-year-old pedestrian, who was walking at night without reflectors (light, hi-vis vest) and was walking on the carriageway where prohibited. She was drunk (2.40‰ blood alcohol). The driver was sober. A 55-year-old pedestrian was drunk (0.90‰). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was lit, it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Hitting a pedestrian where there is no crossing
Pedestrian walking with the flow of traffic on the carriageway
Location
Contributing factor
Uneven, soft shoulders
50

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting on

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles1Damaged1

Other participants

Possibly at fault

Pedestrian

Female, 40 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Intoxicated2.40 ‰Moderate degree of intoxication
Walking at night without reflectors (light, hi-vis vest)Walking on the carriageway where prohibited
Possibly at fault

Pedestrian

Male, 55 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Intoxicated0.90 ‰Mild degree of intoxication
Walking at night without reflectors (light, hi-vis vest)Walking on the carriageway where prohibited

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 22 y. (exp. 3 y.)

Unharmed
Sober