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Peugeot and Audi crash on the Kretinga–Skuodas road

Injury accident
7
Participants
6
Injured
0
Killed
Injured children: 1

On Sunday, 7 February 2016, in the evening at 19:45, in Skuodo district municipality, on the Kretinga–Skuodas national road (kilometre 40.99), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Peugeot 406 and an Audi A6 Avant. Six people were injured — the 27-year-old driver of the Peugeot (treated as an outpatient), a 53-year-old passenger of the Audi (treated as an outpatient), the 23-year-old driver of the Audi (hospitalized), a 53-year-old passenger of the Audi (treated as an outpatient), a 0-year-old passenger of the Audi (hospitalized) and a 21-year-old passenger of the Audi (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 27-year-old driver of the Peugeot (8 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed and entered the oncoming traffic lane. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
Krašto keliai Kretinga–Skuodas, 40.99 km, Skuodo r. sav.
Contributing factor
Slippery road
70

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants7Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Female, 27 y. (exp. 8 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober
Other traffic rule violationsFailure to choose a safe speedEntering the oncoming traffic lane

Passenger

Male, 31 y.

Unharmed
Sober

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Participants

Passenger

Male, 53 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober

Car driver

Male, 23 y. (exp. 5 y.)

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 53 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 0 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 21 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober