Registration code

07-23-9596906

Injury accident
5
Participants
3
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 10 May 2023, in the afternoon at 12:45, in Kelmės district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 95.33), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved an Opel Meriva and a MAN TGX. Three people were injured — the 82-year-old driver of the Opel (treated as an outpatient), a 77-year-old passenger of the Opel (treated as an outpatient) and a 37-year-old passenger of the Opel (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 82-year-old driver of the Opel (63 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when changing direction. 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 collisions
Other collisions with vehicles moving in the opposite direction
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants5Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 82 y. (exp. 63 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentExtent of harm not determined
Sober
Failure to give way when changing direction

Passenger

Female, 77 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 37 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober

Participants

Passenger

Male, 54 y.

Unharmed
Sober

Car driver

Male, 34 y. (exp. 12 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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