Registration code

07-19-9507436

Injury accident
5
Participants
4
Injured
1
Killed
Injured children: 2

On Sunday, 1 September 2019, in the morning at 8:16, in Plungės district municipality, on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė national road (kilometre 38.50), a collision while turning left (U-turning) occurred. The collision involved an Opel Astra and a Volkswagen Passat. One person died — the 69-year-old driver of the Opel. Four people were injured — the 41-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient), a 37-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient), a 11-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient) and a 15-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 69-year-old driver of the Opel (15 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when changing direction. Both drivers were sober. 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.

Type
Collisions while turning left (U-turning)
Collision with a vehicle going straight
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants5Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Female, 69 y. (exp. 15 y.)

Killed
Sober
Failure to give way when changing direction

Participants

Car driver

Male, 41 y. (exp. 22 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 37 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 11 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 15 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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