Registration code

07-17-9448326

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed
Injured children: 1

On Monday, 24 April 2017, in the morning at 7:33, in Šiaulių district municipality, on the Šiauliai–Palanga (kelio ruožo su skir. juosta k. pusė) main road (kilometre 14.58), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Pontiac Trans Sport and a Renault Laguna. One person was injured — a 10-year-old passenger of the Renault (severely injured, hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 42-year-old driver of the Pontiac (21 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance and failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
70

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 42 y. (exp. 21 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to keep a safe distanceFailure to choose a safe speed

Participants

Passenger

Female, 10 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober

Car driver

Male, 47 y. (exp. 24 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Type police officer

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