Registration code

07-17-9461325

Injury accident
3
Participants
2
Injured
1
Killed

On Saturday, 25 November 2017, in the morning at 8:20, in Rietavo municipality, on the Kryžkalnis–Rietavas–Vėžaičiai national road (kilometre 62.08), a collision while turning left (U-turning) occurred. The collision involved an Audi 80 and a BMW X5 30d. One person died — the 77-year-old driver of the Audi (was not wearing a seatbelt). Two people were injured — the 37-year-old driver of the BMW (treated as an outpatient) and a 44-year-old passenger of the Audi (severely injured, hospitalized, was not wearing a seatbelt). The accident was caused by the 77-year-old driver of the Audi (30 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when changing direction. 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)
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight downhillBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Female, 77 y. (exp. 30 y.)

Killed
Sober
Type driver
Failure to give way when changing direction

Passenger

Male, 44 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober

Participants

Car driver

Male, 37 y. (exp. 8 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober
Type driver

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