Registration code 07-19-9489807

Drunk Mercedes-Benz driver in crash with Saab on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road

At-fault driver drunk
2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Sunday, 13 January 2019, in the morning at 6:44, in Kauno district municipality, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 105.70), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Mercedes-Benz A160 and a Saab 9-3. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 69-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (48 years of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. He was drunk (0.80‰ blood alcohol). 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 raining, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 110 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
110

Weather

Rain

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 69 y. (exp. 48 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated0.80 ‰Mild degree of intoxication
Entering the oncoming traffic lane

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 34 y. (exp. 15 y.)

Unharmed
Sober