Setra bus and four other cars crash on Nemenčinės highway, Vilnius

On Tuesday, 15 January 2013, in the afternoon at 15:13, in Vilnius, on Nemenčinės highway, at the junction with Talkos Sodų 4-oji street, a head-on collision while overtaking occurred. The collision involved a Setra S 215 HR, a Chrysler Voyager, a Volkswagen Bora, a Subaru Forester and a Seat Alhambra. One person was injured — the 43-year-old driver of the Subaru (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 42-year-old driver of the Setra (21 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed and entered the oncoming traffic lane. All drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was snowing, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time

Tuesday, 15/01/2013, 15:13

Type

Head-on collision while overtaking

Location

Nemenčinės pl. / Talkos Sodų 4-oji str., Vilniaus m. sav.

Contributing factor

Slippery road