Registration code 07-20-9537400

Drunk Mercedes-Benz driver in crash with Volkswagen on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė road

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 4 November 2020, in the evening at 19:04, in Tauragės district municipality, Mažonų village, on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė national road (kilometre 136), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Mercedes-Benz and a Volkswagen Passat. One person was injured — the 33-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 49-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (30 years of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. He was drunk (2.60‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, there was freezing rain, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
70

Weather

Freezing rain

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryWinding uphillBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 49 y. (exp. 30 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated2.60 ‰Severe degree of intoxication
Entering the oncoming traffic lane

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Participants

Passenger

Male, 29 y.

Unharmed
Sober

Car driver

Male, 33 y. (exp. 13 y.)

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober