Registration code

07-17-9445458

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
6
Participants
3
Injured
2
Killed

On Sunday, 26 February 2017, in the morning at 9:29, in Prienų district municipality, on the Kaunas–Prienai–Alytus national road (kilometre 19.40), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Land Rover Discovery and an Opel Zafira. Two people died — a 60-year-old passenger of the Opel and the 61-year-old driver of the Opel. Three people were injured — a 21-year-old passenger of the Opel (severely injured, hospitalized), a 42-year-old passenger of the Opel (severely injured, hospitalized) and a 37-year-old passenger of the Land Rover (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 40-year-old driver of the Land Rover (13 years of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. He was drunk (1.95‰ blood alcohol). A 37-year-old passenger of the Land Rover was drunk (2.05‰). At the time of the accident it was raining, it was snowing, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
70
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants6Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 40 y. (exp. 13 y.)

Unharmed
IntoxicatedModerate degree of intoxication1.95 ‰
Entering the oncoming traffic lane

Passenger

Male, 37 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
IntoxicatedModerate degree of intoxication2.05 ‰

Participants

Passenger

Female, 21 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 42 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 60 y.

Killed
Sober

Car driver

Male, 61 y. (exp. 22 y.)

Killed
Sober

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