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Registration code 07-16-9440284

Volvo XC90 and Citroen crash on the Vilnius-Švenčionys-Zarasai road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 24 November 2016, in the evening at 18:24, in Švenčionių district municipality, on the Vilnius-Švenčionys-Zarasai national road (kilometre 56.30), on a bridge, a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Volvo XC90 and a Citroen Xsara. One person was injured — the 50-year-old driver of the Citroen (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 40-year-old driver of the Volvo (24 years of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, there was freezing rain, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collisions
Other collisions with vehicles moving in the opposite direction
Location
70

Weather

Freezing rain

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryHorizontal bendBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 40 y. (exp. 24 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Entering the oncoming traffic lane

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 50 y. (exp. 27 y.)

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober