Registration code

07-16-9424460

At-fault driver drunk
2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Monday, 14 March 2016, in the morning at 8:05, in Šilutės district municipality, on Vytauto street, at the junction with Eglių street, a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Golf and a Renault Megane. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 18-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (less than a year of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed and entered the oncoming traffic lane. He was drunk (0.30‰ blood alcohol). The 71-year-old driver of the Renault was drunk (0.28‰). At the time of the accident it was overcast, it was raining, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
Contributing factor
Other
50
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 18 y. (exp. 0 y.)

Unharmed
IntoxicatedNegligible degree of intoxication0.30 ‰
Failure to choose a safe speedEntering the oncoming traffic lane

Participants

Car driver

Female, 71 y. (exp. 20 y.)

Unharmed
IntoxicatedNegligible degree of intoxication0.28 ‰

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