Registration code 07-19-9513002

Renault Laguna and Scania truck crash on the Klaipėda–Liepoja road

2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Saturday, 9 November 2019, in the evening at 19:45, in Kretingos district municipality, on the Klaipėda–Liepoja (kelio ruožo su skir. juosta d. pusė) main road (kilometre 24.25), on a bridge, a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Renault Laguna registered in Latvia and a Scania R440LB6X2MLB registered in Russia. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 33-year-old driver of the Renault (less than a year of driving experience), who failed to give way when changing direction. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was raining, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Side collision
Location
70

Weather

Rain

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Female, 33 y. (exp. 0 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to give way when changing direction

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 33 y. (exp. 15 y.)

Unharmed
Sober