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Registration code 07-17-9451438

Opel Zafira and Volkswagen crash on the Plungė–Vėžaičiai road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 15 June 2017, in the morning at 8:49, in Klaipėdos district municipality, on the Plungė–Vėžaičiai national road (kilometre 31), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved an Opel Zafira and a Volkswagen Golf. One person was injured — the 58-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 20-year-old driver of the Opel (1 year of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident 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

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight downhillBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 20 y. (exp. 1 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to keep a safe distance

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 58 y. (exp. 21 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober

At this spot — 1 crash, 3 injured

within 100 m

On this road part — 9 crashes, 10 injured, 3 killed

Plungė–Vėžaičiai, between km 28–35