Registration code 07-18-9486701

Volkswagen Golf and Opel crash on the Dargiai–Jankūnai–Martyniškiai road

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 6 December 2018, in the afternoon at 12:30, in Joniškio district municipality, on the Dargiai–Jankūnai–Martyniškiai regional road (kilometre 1), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Golf and an Opel Insignia. One person was injured — the 26-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 26-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (1 year of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 26 y. (exp. 1 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Car driver

Female, 21 y. (exp. 3 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

Passenger

Female, 46 y.

Unharmed
Sober