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.

Type
Head-on collision
90
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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