Registration code

07-17-9460607

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 14 November 2017, in the afternoon at 14:41, in Plungės district municipality, on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė national road (kilometre 63.36), a collision while turning left (U-turning) occurred. The collision involved an Iveco and an Opel Astra. One person was injured — the 49-year-old driver of the Opel (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 60-year-old driver of the Iveco (40 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Collisions while turning left (U-turning)
Collision with a vehicle moving in the same direction
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 60 y. (exp. 40 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Participants

Car driver

Male, 49 y. (exp. 20 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

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