Registration code

07-18-9478734

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Sunday, 19 August 2018, in the evening at 22:24, in Tauragės district municipality, Ringių village, on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė national road (kilometre 129.20), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Hyundai and a MTZ Belarus-50. One person was injured — the 78-year-old driver of the Hyundai (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 78-year-old driver of the Hyundai (25 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance. 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 dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight downhillBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 78 y. (exp. 25 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Failure to keep a safe distance

Participants

Tractor driver

Male, 41 y. (exp. 23 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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