Registration code

07-20-9521560

Injury accident
4
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 26 February 2020, at night at 2:27, in Šilalės district municipality, Kerbedžių village, on the LaukuvaVŠilalė national road (kilometre 10.70), a Volkswagen ran off the road. Two people were injured — a 21-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient, was not wearing a seatbelt) and a 21-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient, was not wearing a seatbelt). The accident was caused by the 67-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (40 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Running off the road to the left on a left-hand bend
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryWinding downhillBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 67 y. (exp. 40 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 21 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 57 y.

Unharmed
Sober

Passenger

Male, 21 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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