Registration code 07-18-9464865

Hit-and-run Volkswagen driver in crash with Mercedes-Benz bus at Tilžės g. and Gardino g., Šiauliai

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed
Injured children: 1

On Thursday, 18 January 2018, in the morning at 7:50, in Šiauliai, on Tilžės street, at the junction with Gardino street, a traffic accident occurred. The accident involved a Mercedes-Benz 311 and a Volkswagen Passat. One person was injured — a 11-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 50-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (30 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when crossing an intersection. The driver was 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 icy. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Other traffic accidents
Location
50

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged0

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 50 y. (exp. 30 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to give way when crossing an intersection

Passenger

Male, 11 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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