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Registration code 07-18-9487611

Mercedes-Benz truck and MAN truck crash on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Sunday, 16 December 2018, in the evening at 21:19, in Raseinių district municipality, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė) main road (kilometre 178.05), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Mercedes-Benz Actros, a Krebs, a Schmitz S.KO 24/L-13.4FP60COOL and a MAN. One person was injured — the 62-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 62-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (24 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 110 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Other collisions with vehicles moving in the same direction
Location
Contributing factor
Slippery road
110

Weather

Snow, hail

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles4Damaged3

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 62 y. (exp. 24 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentExtent of harm not determined
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 25 y. (exp. 3 y.)

Unharmed
Sober