Registration code 07-16-9437610

Audi and Skoda crash on the Klaipėda–Jokūbavas road

Injury accident
4
Participants
2
Injured
1
Killed

On Thursday, 20 October 2016, in the evening at 18:18, in Klaipėdos district municipality, Žemgrindžių village, on the Klaipėda–Jokūbavas national road (kilometre 8.80), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved an Audi 100 and a Skoda Fabia. One person died — the 65-year-old driver of the Skoda (later died from the injuries). Two people were injured — the 19-year-old driver of the Audi (treated as an outpatient) and a 28-year-old passenger of the Audi (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 19-year-old driver of the Audi (less than a year of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
90

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryHorizontal bendBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 19 y. (exp. 0 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 28 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 20 y.

Sober

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Participants

Car driver

Female, 65 y. (exp. 16 y.)

Died from injuries
Sober