Registration code

07-16-9436527

Injury accident
4
Participants
3
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 4 October 2016, in the morning at 8:18, in Pagėgių municipality, Mikytų village, on the Kaunas–Jurbarkas–Šilutė–Klaipėda national road (kilometre 143), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved an Audi A8 and an Opel Zafira. Three people were injured — the 53-year-old driver of the Opel (treated as an outpatient), a 57-year-old passenger of the Opel (treated as an outpatient) and a 51-year-old passenger of the Opel (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 24-year-old driver of the Audi (1 year of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance and failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
Contributing factor
Other
70

Weather

Clear

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight downhillBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 24 y. (exp. 1 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to keep a safe distanceFailure to choose a safe speed

Participants

Car driver

Male, 53 y. (exp. 5 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 57 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 51 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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