Registration code

07-21-9551163

Injury accident
7
Participants
6
Injured
1
Killed
Injured children: 3

On Sunday, 20 June 2021, in the afternoon at 14:21, in Skuodo district municipality, Stripinių village, on the Mažeikiai–Skuodas national road (kilometre 33.87), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved an Opel Insignia and a Mazda 6. One person died — the 55-year-old driver of the Mazda. Six people were injured — the 47-year-old driver of the Opel (hospitalized), a 36-year-old passenger of the Opel (hospitalized), a 7-year-old passenger of the Opel (treated as an outpatient), a 50-year-old passenger of the Mazda (treated as an outpatient), a 5-year-old passenger of the Opel (treated as an outpatient) and a 7-year-old passenger of the Opel (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 47-year-old driver of the Opel (30 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
90

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants7Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 47 y. (exp. 30 y.)

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Female, 36 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 7 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 5 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 7 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Participants

Passenger

Female, 50 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Car driver

Male, 55 y. (exp. 35 y.)

Killed
Sober

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