Registration code

07-18-9465676

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 1 February 2018, in the morning at 7:06, in Vilkaviškio district municipality, on Birutės street near No. 1, a Volkswagen Golf hit a pedestrian at a pedestrian crossing. One person was injured — a 59-year-old pedestrian (severely injured, hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 18-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (less than a year of driving experience), who failed to fulfil pedestrian duties. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was raining, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Type
Hitting a pedestrian at a pedestrian crossing
Pedestrian at a crossing past an intersection
Contributing factor
Poor visibility at a pedestrian crossing
50
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 18 y. (exp. 0 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to fulfil pedestrian duties

Other participants

Pedestrian

Female, 59 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober

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