Registration code

07-17-9459236

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
2
Participants
1
Injured
1
Killed

On Monday, 23 October 2017, in the evening at 22:20, in Vilkaviškio district municipality, on the Vilkaviškis–Gražiškiai national road (kilometre 8.50), an Opel Vectra ran off the road. One person died — the 24-year-old driver of the Opel. One person was injured — a 44-year-old passenger of the Opel (hospitalized, was not wearing a seatbelt). The accident was caused by the 24-year-old driver of the Opel (less than a year of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. He was drunk (2.58‰ blood alcohol). A 44-year-old passenger of the Opel was drunk (1.75‰). 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 90 km/h.

Type
Running off the road to the right on a straight section
Contributing factor
Tree
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 24 y. (exp. 0 y.)

Killed
IntoxicatedSevere degree of intoxication2.58 ‰
Type natural person
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 44 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentNegligible health impairment
IntoxicatedModerate degree of intoxication1.75 ‰

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