Registration code

07-17-9459067

Injury accident
3
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 20 October 2017, in the evening at 18:58, in Kelmės district municipality, on the Bubiai–Ramučiai national road (kilometre 12.17), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a horse-drawn cart and an Opel Frontera B. Two people were injured — a 58-year-old cart driver (treated as an outpatient) and a 48-year-old passenger of a horse-drawn cart (hospitalized). The accident was caused by a 58-year-old cart driver, who committed cart driving at night or in poor visibility without reflectors on the cart or sleigh. He was drunk (1.49‰ blood alcohol). A 48-year-old passenger of a horse-drawn cart was drunk (2.43‰). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Other collisions with vehicles moving in the same direction
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Cart driver

Male, 58 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
IntoxicatedMild degree of intoxication1.49 ‰
Cart driving at night or in poor visibility without reflectors on the cart or sleigh

Passenger

Male, 48 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentNegligible health impairment
IntoxicatedModerate degree of intoxication2.43 ‰

Participants

Car driver

Male, 27 y. (exp. 8 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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