Registration code 07-18-9464902
Subaru and Volkswagen crash on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road
On Friday, 19 January 2018, in the afternoon at 16:55, in Kelmės district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 94.64), a head-on collision while overtaking occurred. The collision involved a Subaru Legacy Outback and a Volkswagen Transporter. One person died — a 26-year-old passenger of the Subaru. Four people were injured — the 35-year-old driver of the Subaru (hospitalized), a 18-year-old passenger of the Subaru (severely injured, hospitalized, was not wearing a seatbelt), the 57-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient) and a 19-year-old passenger of the Subaru (hospitalized, was not wearing a seatbelt). The accident was caused by the 35-year-old driver of the Subaru (17 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 while overtaking
- Location
- Contributing factor
- Slippery road
Weather
Snow, hail
Light condition
Darkness
Street lighting off
- Primary impacts
- Right side
- Damage
- Front bumper
Participants
Car driver
Male, 35 y. (exp. 17 y.)
Passenger
Male, 18 y.
Passenger
Female, 19 y.
Passenger
Male, 26 y.
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- Front
- Damage
- Front bumper
Participants
Car driver
Male, 57 y. (exp. 21 y.)
Passenger
Male, 35 y.
On this road part — 7 crashes, 9 injured
Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, between km 91–96
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- Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 93.04 kmCollisions while moving in the same direction1 injured
- Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 91.63 kmHead-on collision while overtaking1 injured
- Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 95.8 kmRollover1 injured
At this spot — 1 crash
within 100 m
On this road part — 67 crashes, 9 injured
Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, between km 91–113
- Kelmė Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 95.3 kmCollisionno casualties
- Verpenos k.Hitting an animalno casualties
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- Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 91.6 kmHead-on collision while overtakingno casualties
- Naudvario k. Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 112.3 kmHitting an animalno casualties