Registration code

07-19-9510311

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Monday, 7 October 2019, in the afternoon at 13:40, in Šilutės district municipality, Galnės village, on the Šilalė–Šilutė national road (kilometre 33.30), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Peugeot 307 and a Volkswagen Golf. One person was injured — the 74-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 23-year-old driver of the Peugeot (4 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
50
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryHorizontal bendBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Female, 23 y. (exp. 4 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Participants

Car driver

Male, 74 y. (exp. 35 y.)

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober

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