Registration code

07-17-9446413

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 21 February 2017, in the evening at 18:25, in Klaipėda, on Šilutės pl. near No. 48, a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Scania R 124 LA and a Volvo S40. One person was injured — the 31-year-old driver of the Volvo (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 61-year-old driver of the Scania (30 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was lit, it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
50
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 61 y. (exp. 30 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to keep a safe distance

Participants

Car driver

Male, 31 y. (exp. 12 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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