Registration code 07-19-9489451

Mercedes-Benz ML and Audi crash on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 8 January 2019, in the evening at 18:04, in Joniškio district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 12.30), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Mercedes-Benz ML 270 CDI and an Audi A6. One person was injured — a 25-year-old passenger of the Audi (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 49-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (18 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when crossing an intersection. Both drivers were sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). 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 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
70

Weather

Snow, hail

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 49 y. (exp. 18 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to give way when crossing an intersection

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 24 y. (exp. 5 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

Passenger

Female, 25 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentExtent of harm not determined
Sober