Registration code 07-19-9514426

Opel Zafira hits children at a crossing on Šilutės pl., Klaipėda

Injury accident
3
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed
Injured children: 2

On Tuesday, 26 November 2019, in the afternoon at 15:30, in Klaipėda, on Šilutės pl. near No. 48, an Opel Zafira hit two pedestrians at a pedestrian crossing. Two people were injured — a 12-year-old pedestrian (hospitalized) and a 10-year-old pedestrian (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 59-year-old driver of the Opel (23 years of driving experience), who failed to fulfil pedestrian duties. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident there was fog, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 30 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Hitting a pedestrian at a pedestrian crossing
Pedestrian at a crossing away from an intersection
Location
30

Weather

Fog

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Female, 59 y. (exp. 23 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to fulfil pedestrian duties

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Other participants

Pedestrian

Male, 12 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Pedestrian

Female, 10 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober