Registration code 07-16-9440496

Drunk Ford driver and Mercedes-Benz crash on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road

At-fault driver drunk
2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 30 November 2016, in the evening at 17:19, in Kelmės district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 111.24), a traffic accident occurred. The accident involved a Ford Focus and a Mercedes-Benz ML320. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 31-year-old driver of the Ford (9 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. He was drunk (2.15‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, the weather was clear, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Other traffic accidents
Location
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 31 y. (exp. 9 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated2.15 ‰Moderate degree of intoxication
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 47 y. (exp. 29 y.)

Unharmed
Sober