Registration code 07-22-9571055

Volkswagen Polo and Mercedes-Benz crash on the Kaunas–Zarasai–Daugpilis road

Injury accident
4
Participants
2
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 6 April 2022, in the morning at 7:09, in Anykščių district municipality, on the Kaunas–Zarasai–Daugpilis main road (kilometre 99.89), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Polo and a Mercedes-Benz L 3500 registered in Belarus. Two people were injured — a 36-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient) and a 33-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 30-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (10 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
90

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

30 y. (exp. 10 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

36 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

33 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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Participants

Car driver

46 y. (exp. 23 y.)

Unharmed
Sober