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Registration code 07-18-9465597

Mercedes-Benz and Renault truck crash on the Kazlų Rūda–Pažėrai road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 30 January 2018, in the afternoon at 16:58, in Kazlų Rūdos municipality, on the Kazlų Rūda–Pažėrai regional road (kilometre 4.18), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Mercedes-Benz and a Renault Magnum. One person was injured — the 30-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 30-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (12 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was snowing, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
70

Weather

Snow, hail

Snow, hail

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryHorizontal bendBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged—

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 30 y. (exp. 12 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 26 y. (exp. 3 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

At this spot — 3 crashes, 11 injured

within 100 m

On this road part — 9 crashes, 18 injured

Kazlų Rūda–Pažėrai, between km 1–5