Registration code

07-22-9588613

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

On Monday, 26 December 2022, in the evening at 22:10, in Joniškio district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 24), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved an Opel Zafira and a Mercedes-Benz Vito registered in Great Britain. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 50-year-old driver of the Opel (23 years of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. He was drunk (2.30‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, there was freezing rain, 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

Freezing rain

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 50 y. (exp. 23 y.)

Unharmed
Intoxicated and under the influence of substancesModerate degree of intoxication2.30 ‰
Entering the oncoming traffic lane

Participants

Other vehicle driver

Male, 42 y. (exp. 24 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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