Registration code 07-17-9452383

KIA Motors and Scania truck crash on the Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suvalkai road

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
1
Killed

On Saturday, 1 July 2017, at night at 4:35, in Kazlų Rūdos municipality, on the Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suvalkai main road (kilometre 40.33), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a KIA Motors Picanto and a Scania A4X2 registered in Poland. One person died — a 41-year-old passenger of the KIA Motors. One person was injured — the 18-year-old driver of the KIA Motors (severely injured, hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 18-year-old driver of the KIA Motors (1 year of driving experience). 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 dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
50

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 18 y. (exp. 1 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 41 y.

Killed
Sober

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 30 y. (exp. 9 y.)

Unharmed
Sober