Registration code 07-18-9464898
Opel and Volkswagen crash on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road
On Friday, 19 January 2018, in the evening at 18:41, in Tauragės district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 141.80), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved an Opel Frontera B and a Volkswagen Touran. Seven people were injured — the 52-year-old driver of the Opel (treated as an outpatient), a 47-year-old passenger of the Opel (severely injured, hospitalized, was not wearing a seatbelt), a 39-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (hospitalized), a 38-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient), the 33-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient), a 43-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (hospitalized) and a 14-year-old passenger of the Opel (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 52-year-old driver of the Opel (32 years of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was snowing, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.
- Date / Time
- Type
- Head-on collision
- Location
- Contributing factor
- Slippery road
Weather
Snow, hail
Light condition
Darkness
Street lighting off
- Primary impacts
- Right side
- Damage
- Front right door
Participants
Car driver
Male, 52 y. (exp. 32 y.)
Passenger
Female, 47 y.
Passenger
Male, 14 y.
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- Front
- Damage
- Front bumper
Participants
Passenger
Male, 39 y.
Passenger
Male, 38 y.
Car driver
Male, 33 y. (exp. 15 y.)
Passenger
Male, 43 y.
On this road part — 3 crashes, 3 injured, 1 killed
Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, between km 139–142
- Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 141.1 kmCollision with a bicycle1 killed
- Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 139.4 kmSide collision with neither vehicle turning2 injured
- Juodpetrių k. Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas (kelio ruožo su skir juosta d pusė), 142 kmRollover1 injured
On this road part — 35 crashes, 3 injured, 1 killed
Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, between km 141–144
- Pužiškės k. Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 143.29 kmHitting an animalno casualties
- Near the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas roadHitting an animalno casualties
- Near the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas roadHitting an animalno casualties
- Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 144 kmHitting an obstacle on the carriagewayno casualties
- Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 141.1 kmCollision with a bicycle1 killed