Registration code

07-23-9590175

Injury accident
4
Participants
3
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 19 January 2023, in the afternoon at 15:40, in Šilalės district municipality, on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė national road (kilometre 106.20), a collision while turning left (U-turning) occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Passat Variant and a Hyundai i 30. Three people were injured — the 42-year-old driver of the Hyundai (treated as an outpatient), a 40-year-old passenger of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient) and a 35-year-old passenger of the Hyundai (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 19-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (1 year of driving experience), who failed to give way when changing direction. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident there was fog, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Collisions while turning left (U-turning)
Collision with a vehicle going straight
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 19 y. (exp. 1 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to give way when changing direction

Passenger

Female, 40 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Participants

Car driver

Male, 42 y. (exp. 20 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 35 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

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