Registration code 07-20-9536544

Scania truck hits a parked MAN truck on the Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suvalkai road

2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 21 October 2020, in the evening at 18:45, in Prienų district municipality, on the Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suvalkai main road (kilometre 32.80), a Scania R420 registered in Latvia hit an obstacle. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 54-year-old driver of the Scania (36 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 130 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Hitting an obstacle
Collision with a stationary vehicle
Location
Magistraliniai keliai Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suvalkai, 32.8 km, Prienų r. sav.
130

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles4Damaged4

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 54 y. (exp. 36 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Car driver

26 y. (exp. 8 y.)

Unharmed
Sober