Registration code

07-19-9511360

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Sunday, 20 October 2019, in the evening at 18:35, in Kelmės district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 84.60), a side collision with neither vehicle turning occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Lupo and a Volvo XC90. One person was injured — a 54-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (hospitalized, was not wearing a seatbelt). The accident was caused by the 55-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (35 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when crossing an intersection. He was drunk (1.75‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was twilight, the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Side collision with neither vehicle turning
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 55 y. (exp. 35 y.)

Unharmed
IntoxicatedModerate degree of intoxication1.75 ‰
Failure to give way when crossing an intersection

Passenger

Female, 54 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Participants

Car driver

Male, 54 y. (exp. 35 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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