Registration code 07-19-9505789

Volvo FL240 truck hits a pedestrian on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road

Injury accident
2
Participants
0
Injured
1
Killed

On Friday, 9 August 2019, at night at 4:40, in Klaipėdos district municipality, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 298), a Volvo FL240 hit a pedestrian away from any crossing. One person died — a 60-year-old pedestrian. The accident was caused by a 60-year-old pedestrian, who was walking on a motorway. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 130 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Hitting a pedestrian where there is no crossing
Pedestrian walking on the sidewalk (shoulder) on the left or right side
Location
130

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles1Damaged0

Other participants

Possibly at fault

Pedestrian

Male, 60 y.

Killed
Sober
Walking on a motorway

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Participants

Fled the scene

Car driver

Male, 60 y. (exp. 23 y.)

Unharmed
Sober