Registration code

07-18-9467924

Injury accident
7
Participants
6
Injured
1
Killed

On Sunday, 11 March 2018, in the morning at 5:35, in Plungės district municipality, on the Plungė–Vėžaičiai national road (kilometre 13.40), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a BMW and an Opel Vectra. One person died — a 81-year-old passenger of the Opel. Six people were injured — the 21-year-old driver of the BMW (treated as an outpatient), a 23-year-old passenger of the BMW (treated as an outpatient), a 30-year-old passenger of the BMW (treated as an outpatient), a 81-year-old passenger of the Opel (hospitalized), a 25-year-old passenger of the BMW (treated as an outpatient) and the 62-year-old driver of the Opel (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 21-year-old driver of the BMW (2 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, the weather was clear, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
70
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants7Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 21 y. (exp. 2 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 23 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 30 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 25 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Participants

Passenger

Male, 81 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 81 y.

Killed
Sober

Car driver

Male, 62 y. (exp. 31 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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