Registration code 07-17-9442520

Renault Megane Scenic crash on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 3 January 2017, in the morning at 7:30, in Klaipėdos district municipality, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 279.90), a collision with barriers occurred. The accident involved a Renault Megane Scenic. One person was injured — a 42-year-old passenger of the Renault (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 39-year-old driver of the Renault (21 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was overcast, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 110 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collision with barriers
Location
Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d pusė), 279.9 km, Klaipėdos r. sav.
Location by coordinates
Pyktiškė, Veiviržėnų g. 27, Klaipėdos r. sav.

The recorded address and the coordinates point to different places (8 km apart) – which one is right is unknown.

110

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 39 y. (exp. 21 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 42 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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The coordinates may be inaccurate — the recorded address is 8 km away