Registration code

07-16-9423309

Injury accident
5
Participants
4
Injured
0
Killed
Injured children: 1

On Friday, 19 February 2016, in the evening at around 19:00, in Šilutės district municipality, Švėkšnos town, on the Žemaičių Naumiestis–Gardamas–Švėkšna regional road (kilometre 16.72), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Fiat Panda and a Chrysler Voyager. Four people were injured — the 27-year-old driver of the Fiat (treated as an outpatient), a 45-year-old passenger of the Chrysler (treated as an outpatient), a 55-year-old passenger of the Chrysler (treated as an outpatient) and a 6-year-old passenger of the Chrysler (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 27-year-old driver of the Fiat (7 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was snowing, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
70
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants5Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 27 y. (exp. 7 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Participants

Car driver

Male, 33 y. (exp. 14 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

Passenger

Female, 45 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 55 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 6 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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