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Registration code 07-18-9465284

MTZ tractor hits a parked Volkswagen on the Užventis–Varniai road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 26 January 2018, in the evening at 19:39, in Telšių district municipality, on the Užventis–Varniai national road (kilometre 16.20), a collision with a stationary vehicle occurred. The collision involved a MTZ 892, a trailer/semi-trailer 0.75–3.5 t and a Volkswagen. One person was injured — the 45-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 42-year-old driver of the MTZ (18 years of driving experience), who violated cargo-transport rules. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, there was fog, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collision with a stationary vehicle
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
90

Weather

Fog

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles3Damaged1

Participants

Possibly at fault

Tractor driver

Male, 42 y. (exp. 18 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Violation of cargo-transport rules

Participants

Car driver

Male, 45 y. (exp. 21 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

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