Registration code 07-17-9448982

Drunk Peugeot driver in crash with Volkswagen on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
4
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 5 May 2017, in the evening at 22:38, in Šiaulių district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 61.90), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Peugeot 406 and a Volkswagen Sharan. One person was injured — a 37-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 25-year-old driver of the Peugeot (6 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance and failed to choose a safe speed. He was drunk (2.73‰ blood alcohol). A 37-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen was drunk. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 25 y. (exp. 6 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated2.73 ‰Severe degree of intoxication
Other traffic rule violationsFailure to keep a safe distanceFailure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 60 y. (exp. 33 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

Passenger

Female, 37 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
IntoxicatedMild degree of intoxication

Passenger

Male, 37 y.

Unharmed
Sober