Registration code

07-18-9469284

Injury accident
3
Participants
2
Injured
1
Killed

On Tuesday, 3 April 2018, in the morning at 7:40, in Kauno district municipality, Pagirių village, on the Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suvalkai main road (kilometre 16.55), on a bridge, a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a BMW 320D and a DAF FA 45.150 registered in Poland. One person died — the 23-year-old driver of the BMW. Two people were injured — a 22-year-old passenger of the BMW (severely injured, hospitalized) and the 26-year-old driver of the DAF (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 23-year-old driver of the BMW (5 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident the weather was clear, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
Contributing factor
Slippery road
70
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 23 y. (exp. 5 y.)

Killed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 22 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober

Participants

Car driver

Male, 26 y. (exp. 4 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

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