Registration code 07-17-9460802

Fiat Ducato and MAN truck crash on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 17 November 2017, in the morning at 7:34, in Kauno district municipality, Sitkūnų village, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 108), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Fiat Ducato and a MAN TGA 26.410. One person was injured — the 53-year-old driver of the Fiat (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 53-year-old driver of the Fiat (31 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance. 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 twilight, it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 110 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
Sitkūnų k. Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d pusė), 108 km, Kauno r. sav.
Location by coordinates
55.08060, 23.79896

The recorded address and the coordinates point to different places (9.7 km apart) – which one is right is unknown. The recorded km 108 lies 3.2 km from the named locality (Sitkūnų k.).

110

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 53 y. (exp. 31 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentExtent of harm not determined
Sober
Failure to keep a safe distance

Participants

Car driver

Male, 64 y. (exp. 36 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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The coordinates may be inaccurate — the recorded address is 9.7 km away