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Registration code 07-18-9474548

Audi A4 and Volvo crash on the Šiauliai–Palanga road

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
1
Killed

On Thursday, 14 June 2018, in the evening at 18:22, in Plungės district municipality, on the Šiauliai–Palanga main road (kilometre 104.53), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved an Audi A4 Avant and a Volvo V40. One person died — the 61-year-old driver of the Volvo. One person was injured — a 60-year-old passenger of the Volvo (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 19-year-old driver of the Audi (1 year 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 dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 19 y. (exp. 1 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 61 y. (exp. 24 y.)

Killed
Sober

Passenger

Male, 60 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober