Registration code

07-18-9470888

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 27 April 2018, in the afternoon at 16:30, in Šilalės district municipality, Palokysčio village, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė) main road (kilometre 240.32), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Passat and a Toyota Yaris. One person was injured — the 55-year-old driver of the Toyota (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 57-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (38 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when changing direction. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 130 km/h.

Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Side collision
130
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 57 y. (exp. 38 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to give way when changing direction

Participants

Car driver

Female, 55 y. (exp. 30 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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