Registration code 07-21-9541300

Volkswagen Transporter hits a parked Volkswagen on the Vilnius–Panevėžys road

Injury accident
3
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 8 January 2021, in the evening at around 17:00, in Širvintų district municipality, on the Vilnius–Panevėžys (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 46), a collision with a stationary vehicle occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Transporter and a Volkswagen Polo. Two people were injured — the 24-year-old driver of the Volkswagen Transporter (treated as an outpatient) and the 24-year-old driver of the Volkswagen Polo (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 24-year-old driver of the Volkswagen Transporter (5 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 dark, the road was unlit, it was snowing, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 110 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collision with a stationary vehicle
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Side collision
Location
110

Weather

Snow, hail

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Female, 24 y. (exp. 5 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

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Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Female, 24 y. (exp. 5 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 25 y.

Unharmed
Sober