Registration code 07-17-9443625
Mercedes-Benz and Setra bus crash on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road
On Saturday, 21 January 2017, at night at 3:30, in Klaipėdos district municipality, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 287.33), a Mercedes-Benz E 320 CDI ran off the road. One person died — a 53-year-old passenger of a Setra. Eight people were injured — a 19-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 32-year-old passenger of the Setra (hospitalized), a 69-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 21-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 19-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 54-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 23-year-old passenger of the Setra (hospitalized) and a 20-year-old passenger of the Setra (hospitalized). Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 100 km/h.
- Date / Time
- Type
- Running off the road to the right on a straight section
- Location
- Contributing factor
- Slippery road
Weather
Overcast
Light condition
Darkness
Street lighting off
- Primary impacts
- Front
- Damage
- Front bumper
Participants
Passenger
Female, 19 y.
Passenger
Female, 32 y.
Passenger
Male, 69 y.
Car driver
Male, 60 y. (exp. 36 y.)
Passenger
Male, 21 y.
Passenger
Female, 19 y.
Passenger
Male, 53 y.
Passenger
Female, 54 y.
Passenger
Male, 23 y.
Passenger
Female, 20 y.
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- Front
- Damage
- Front bumper
Participants
Car driver
Female, 20 y. (exp. 2 y.)
On this road part — 9 crashes, 11 injured
Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda, between km 284–289
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė), 288.3 kmRollover1 injured
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė), 285.6 kmCollisions while moving in the same direction2 injured
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė), 288.4 kmCollisions while moving in the same direction1 injured
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k pusė), 285 kmCollisions while moving in the same direction1 injured
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d pusė), 284 kmCollisions while moving in the same direction1 injured
At this spot — 3 crashes
within 100 m
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d pusė), 287.33 kmRunning off the road to the right on a straight section4 mno casualties
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k pusė), 287.3 kmRunning off the road to the left on a right-hand bend46 mno casualties
- Girininkų k. Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k pusė), 287.4 kmRunning off the road to the right on a straight section59 mno casualties
On this road part — 133 crashes, 11 injured
Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda, between km 283–288
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė), 283 kmRolloverno casualties
- Vėžaičių mstl., Vilniaus str. Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė), 288 kmHitting an obstacleno casualties
- Vėžaičių mstl., Vilniaus str. Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė), Magistraliniai keliai, 288 kmHitting an obstacleno casualties
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė), 285 kmHitting an obstacleno casualties
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė), 287 kmCollision while turning rightno casualties