Registration code 07-17-9446755

Fiat Ducato and Opel crash on the Telšiai–Varniai–Laukuva road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 11 January 2017, in the morning at 7:49, in Telšių district municipality, on the Telšiai–Varniai–Laukuva national road (kilometre 20.38), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Fiat Ducato and an Opel Astra. One person was injured — the 43-year-old driver of the Opel (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 21-year-old driver of the Fiat (1 year of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance. Both drivers were sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). At the time of the accident it was twilight, the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
50

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 21 y. (exp. 1 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to keep a safe distance

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Participants

Car driver

Female, 43 y. (exp. 13 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober