Registration code 07-18-9469442

Drunk Scania truck driver runs off the road on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road

At-fault driver drunk
1
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 5 April 2018, in the evening at 20:14, in Raseinių district municipality, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 203.30), a Scania ran off the road. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 59-year-old driver of the Scania (20 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. He was drunk (1.57‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was twilight, the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 130 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Running off the road to the right on a straight section
Location
130

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants1Vehicles2Damaged0

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 59 y. (exp. 20 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated1.57 ‰Moderate degree of intoxication
Failure to choose a safe speed

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