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Registration code 07-17-9463304

Renault Grand Espace and Fiat crash on the Mauručiai–Vinčai–Puskelniai road

Injury accident
3
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Saturday, 23 December 2017, in the afternoon at 16:46, in Kazlų Rūdos municipality, on the Mauručiai–Vinčai–Puskelniai national road (kilometre 20.45), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Renault Grand Espace and a Fiat. Two people were injured — the 45-year-old driver of the Fiat (treated as an outpatient) and a 45-year-old passenger of the Fiat (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 55-year-old driver of the Renault (20 years of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. 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 dark, the road was unlit, there was freezing rain, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90

Weather

Freezing rain

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Female, 55 y. (exp. 20 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Entering the oncoming traffic lane

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 45 y. (exp. 25 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 45 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

On this road part — 1 crash, 3 injured

Mauručiai–Vinčai–Puskelniai, between km 17–18