Registration code

07-16-9442010

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 23 December 2016, in the evening at 21:15, in Kauno district municipality, on the Zapyškis–Ežerėlis regional road (kilometre 2.60), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Peugeot 407 and a Volkswagen Passat. One person was injured — the 27-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 36-year-old driver of the Peugeot (17 years of driving experience), who committed other traffic rule violations, failed to choose a safe speed and entered the oncoming traffic lane. He was drunk (2.43‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, the weather was clear, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 36 y. (exp. 17 y.)

Unharmed
IntoxicatedModerate degree of intoxication2.43 ‰
Other traffic rule violationsFailure to choose a safe speedEntering the oncoming traffic lane

Participants

Car driver

Female, 27 y. (exp. 9 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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