Registration code

07-16-9440756

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 6 December 2016, at night at 3:15, in Kauno district municipality, on the Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suvalkai (kelio ruožo su skir. juosta k. pusė) main road (kilometre 22), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Mercedes-Benz 311 registered in Latvia, a DAF and a Schmitz Cargobull. One person was injured — a 41-year-old passenger of the DAF (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 27-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (10 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was lit, it was overcast, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Side collision
Contributing factor
Slippery road
70
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight downhillBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles3Damaged3

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 27 y. (exp. 10 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Participants

Passenger

Male, 41 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Car driver

Male, 40 y. (exp. 20 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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