Registration code

07-18-9487591

Injury accident
4
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Sunday, 16 December 2018, in the evening at 19:10, in Plungės district municipality, Truikių village, on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė national road (kilometre 54), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved an Iveco Daily and a BMW. Two people were injured — the 33-year-old driver of the Iveco (hospitalized) and a 34-year-old passenger of the BMW (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 33-year-old driver of the Iveco (20 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was snowing, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 33 y. (exp. 20 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Participants

Passenger

Female, 19 y.

Unharmed
Sober

Passenger

Male, 34 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Car driver

Male, 22 y. (exp. 4 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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