Registration code

07-24-9613556

Injury accident
3
Participants
3
Injured
0
Killed

On Wednesday, 3 January 2024, in the afternoon at 16:10, in Plungės district municipality, on the Šiauliai–Palanga main road (kilometre 83.67), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a truck and a Ford Kuga. Three people were injured — the 63-year-old driver of a truck (treated as an outpatient), the 64-year-old driver of the Ford (hospitalized) and a 65-year-old passenger of the Ford (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 63-year-old driver of a truck (31 years of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Type
Head-on collision
90
Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 63 y. (exp. 31 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober
Entering the oncoming traffic lane

Participants

Car driver

Male, 64 y. (exp. 31 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 65 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober

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