Registration code 07-19-9501142

Rover and Audi crash on the Šiauliai–Palanga road

Injury accident
7
Participants
5
Injured
1
Killed

On Saturday, 8 June 2019, in the evening at 19:47, in Plungės district municipality, Paežerės village, on the Šiauliai–Palanga main road (kilometre 81.74), a side collision with neither vehicle turning occurred. The collision involved a Rover 200 and an Audi A4. One person died — the 49-year-old driver of the Rover (was not wearing a seatbelt). Five people were injured — a 20-year-old passenger of the Rover (treated as an outpatient), a 61-year-old passenger of the Audi (treated as an outpatient), a 27-year-old passenger of the Rover (treated as an outpatient), a 48-year-old passenger of the Rover (hospitalized) and a 49-year-old passenger of the Rover (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 49-year-old driver of the Rover (10 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when crossing an intersection. Both drivers were sober. A 27-year-old passenger of the Rover was drunk (1.80‰). A 48-year-old passenger of the Rover was drunk (1.64‰). A 49-year-old passenger of the Rover was drunk (1.42‰). At the time of the accident the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Side collision with neither vehicle turning
Location
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants7Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 49 y. (exp. 10 y.)

Killed
Sober
Failure to give way when crossing an intersection

Passenger

Female, 20 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 27 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Intoxicated1.80 ‰Moderate degree of intoxication

Passenger

Male, 48 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Intoxicated1.64 ‰Moderate degree of intoxication

Passenger

Male, 49 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Intoxicated1.42 ‰Mild degree of intoxication

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 57 y. (exp. 10 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

Passenger

Female, 61 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober