Registration code 07-16-9434173

Class tractor and Mercedes-Benz crash on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 26 August 2016, in the evening at 22:29, in Plungės district municipality, on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė national road (kilometre 37.40), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Class and a Mercedes-Benz E270. One person was injured — the 27-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 30-year-old driver of the Class (6 years of driving experience). Both drivers were sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
Krašto keliai Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė, 37.4 km, Plungės r. sav.
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Other vehicle driver

Male, 30 y. (exp. 6 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Other traffic rule violations

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 27 y. (exp. 9 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober