Registration code

07-17-9444908

Injury accident
4
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 15 February 2017, in the evening at 18:49, in Šilutės district municipality, Gorainių village, on the Šilalė–Šilutė national road (kilometre 25), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a MTZ Belarus-820, a Volkswagen Sharan and a Ford Galaxy. One person was injured — a 26-year-old passenger of the Ford (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 63-year-old driver of the MTZ (20 years of driving experience), who was driving a vehicle with faults the traffic rules prohibit driving with. All drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, there was fog, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles3Damaged3

Participants

Possibly at fault

Tractor driver

Male, 63 y. (exp. 20 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Driving a vehicle with faults the traffic rules prohibit driving with

Participants

Passenger

Male, 26 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Car driver

Male, 50 y. (exp. 24 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

Participants

Car driver

Male, 37 y. (exp. 19 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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