Registration code 07-17-9442513

Drunk Opel Vectra driver and two other cars crash on Eišiškių highway, Vilnius

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
3
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Monday, 2 January 2017, in the evening at 19:07, in Vilnius, on Eišiškių highway, a head-on collision while overtaking occurred. The collision involved an Opel Vectra, an Opel Corsa and a Mitsubishi L 200. Two people were injured — the 53-year-old driver of the Opel Vectra (treated as an outpatient) and the 31-year-old driver of the Opel Corsa (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 53-year-old driver of the Opel Vectra (34 years of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. He was drunk (2.61‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, there was a blizzard, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision while overtaking
Location
70

Weather

Blizzard

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles3Damaged3

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 53 y. (exp. 34 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Intoxicated2.61 ‰Severe degree of intoxication
Entering the oncoming traffic lane

Participants

Car driver

Male, 34 y. (exp. 14 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Type police officer

Participants

Car driver

Male, 31 y. (exp. 7 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

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