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.

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