Registration code

07-17-9442614

1
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 4 January 2017, in the evening at 17:20, in Rietavo municipality, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 258.80), a Volkswagen Caddy ran off the road. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 61-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (34 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was snowing, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 110 km/h.

Type
Running off the road to the right on a straight section
Contributing factor
Slippery road
110
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants1Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 61 y. (exp. 34 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

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