Registration code

07-18-9467726

Injury accident
6
Participants
2
Injured
2
Killed
Injured children: 1

On Wednesday, 7 March 2018, in the evening at 18:26, in Vilniaus district municipality, on the Vilnius–Utena main road (kilometre 28), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a MAN, a Honda Jazz and a DAF FAN 75CF.250 registered in Latvia. Two people died — the 36-year-old driver of the Honda and a 25-year-old passenger of the Honda. Two people were injured — a 1-year-old passenger of the Honda (treated as an outpatient) and a 50-year-old passenger of the Honda (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 62-year-old driver of the MAN (22 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. All drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was twilight, there was a blizzard, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Head-on collisions
Other collisions with vehicles moving in the opposite direction
Contributing factor
Obstacle on the road or street
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants6Vehicles3Damaged3

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 62 y. (exp. 22 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Participants

Passenger

Female, 1 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 50 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Car driver

Female, 36 y. (exp. 17 y.)

Killed
Sober

Passenger

Female, 25 y.

Killed
Sober

Participants

Car driver

Male, 42 y. (exp. 13 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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