Registration code

07-18-9465257

Injury accident
4
Participants
0
Injured
1
Killed

On Friday, 26 January 2018, in the evening at 18:28, in Šiaulių district municipality, on the Šiauliai–Gruzdžiai–Naujoji Akmenė national road (kilometre 7.85), a head-on collision while overtaking occurred. The collision involved an Opel Astra, a BMW 320D and a Honda Accord. One person died — a 88-year-old passenger of the Honda (later died from the injuries). The accident was caused by the 46-year-old driver of the Opel (12 years of driving experience), who violated overtaking rules. All 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 wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision while overtaking
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles3Damaged3

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Female, 46 y. (exp. 12 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Violation of overtaking rules

Participants

Passenger

Female, 88 y.

Died from injuries
Sober

Car driver

Male, 29 y. (exp. 10 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

Participants

Car driver

Female, 54 y. (exp. 22 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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