Registration code 07-18-9466861

Iveco truck hits a pedestrian on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road

Injury accidentAt-fault driver refused test
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 21 February 2018, in the evening at 19:04, in Tauragės district municipality, Griežpelkių II village, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 168), an Iveco MP440E38 registered in Russia hit a pedestrian away from any crossing. One person was injured — a 36-year-old pedestrian (severely injured, hospitalized). The accident was caused by a 36-year-old pedestrian, who was walking on the carriageway where prohibited. He refused a sobriety test. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Hitting a pedestrian where there is no crossing
Pedestrian walking with the flow of traffic on the carriageway
Location
90

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles1Damaged1

Other participants

At fault

Pedestrian

Male, 36 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Refused to be tested
Walking on the carriageway where prohibited

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 41 y. (exp. 18 y.)

Unharmed
Sober