Registration code

07-20-9521518

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

On Tuesday, 25 February 2020, in the morning at 7:30, in Kretingos district municipality, on the Šiauliai–Palanga main road (kilometre 139.48), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Citroen C3 and a Mercedes-Benz -. One person died — the 41-year-old driver of the Citroen. Two people were injured — a 9-year-old passenger of the Citroen (severely injured, hospitalized) and a 56-year-old passenger of the Citroen (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 41-year-old driver of the Citroen (15 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 icy. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Female, 41 y. (exp. 15 y.)

Killed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 9 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 56 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Participants

Car driver

Male, 58 y. (exp. 38 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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