Registration code 07-13-7440213

BMW rolls over on Liepojos highway, Palanga

Injury accident
5
Participants
4
Injured
0
Killed

On Sunday, 7 April 2013, in the morning at 10:35, in Palanga, on Liepojos highway, a BMW 525 registered in Latvia rolled over. Four people were injured — a 22-year-old passenger of the BMW (a citizen of Latvia) (treated as an outpatient), a 21-year-old passenger of the BMW (a citizen of Latvia) (treated as an outpatient), a 23-year-old passenger of the BMW (a citizen of Latvia) (treated as an outpatient) and a 21-year-old passenger of the BMW (a citizen of Latvia) (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 22-year-old driver of the BMW (a citizen of Latvia) (less than a year of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. The driver was sober. A 22-year-old passenger of the BMW (a citizen of Latvia) was drunk (0.78‰). A 21-year-old passenger of the BMW (a citizen of Latvia) was drunk (0.74‰). A 23-year-old passenger of the BMW (a citizen of Latvia) was drunk (1.84‰). The BMW had recorded faults (kito konstrukcijos elemento). At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Rollover
Running off the road to the right on a straight section
Location
90

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants5Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 22 y. (exp. 0 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Latvia
Failure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Male, 22 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Intoxicated0.78 ‰Mild degree of intoxication
Citizenship Latvia

Passenger

Male, 21 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Intoxicated0.74 ‰Mild degree of intoxication
Citizenship Latvia

Passenger

Male, 23 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Intoxicated1.84 ‰Moderate degree of intoxication
Citizenship Latvia

Passenger

Male, 21 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober
Citizenship Latvia

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