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07-17-9446414

Injury accident
5
Participants
4
Injured
0
Killed
Injured children: 2

On Thursday, 16 March 2017, at night at 0:39, in Tauragės district municipality, on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė national road (kilometre 136), on a bridge, a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Sharan and an Audi A4. Four people were injured — the 27-year-old driver of the Audi (hospitalized), a 6-year-old passenger of the Audi (hospitalized), a 40-year-old passenger of the Audi (hospitalized) and a 6-year-old passenger of the Audi (severely injured, hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 45-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (28 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the weather was clear, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Darkness

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryWinding downhillBarriers present
Participants5Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 45 y. (exp. 28 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Participants

Car driver

Female, 27 y. (exp. 8 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 6 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 40 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 6 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober

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