Registration code

07-18-9465169

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 24 January 2018, in the evening at 18:47, in Šilalės district municipality, Palaimos village, on the Kryžkalnis–Rietavas–Vėžaičiai national road (kilometre 8.50), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen LT 35 and an Opel Vectra. One person was injured — the 26-year-old driver of the Opel (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 38-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (10 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, there was freezing rain, there was fog, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight downhillBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 38 y. (exp. 10 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Participants

Car driver

Male, 26 y. (exp. 8 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

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