Registration code 07-22-9566824

Drunk Mazda driver in crash with Mercedes-Benz bus on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road

At-fault driver drunkAt-fault driver intoxicated
2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 26 January 2022, in the evening at 19:10, in Raseinių district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 119.70), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Mazda 6 and a Mercedes-Benz O 510. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 63-year-old driver of the Mazda (less than a year of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. He was drunk (2.22‰ blood alcohol) and had no driving licence. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was lit, it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collisions
Other collisions with vehicles moving in the opposite direction
Location
70

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting on

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 63 y. (exp. 0 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated and under the influence of substances2.22 ‰Severe degree of intoxication
Not licensed to drive
Entering the oncoming traffic lane

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 62 y. (exp. 30 y.)

Unharmed
Sober