Registration code 07-14-8712970

DAF truck and three other vehicles crash on the Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suvalkai road

2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 29 August 2014, in the afternoon at around 13:00, in Kauno district municipality, on the Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suvalkai (kelio ruožo su skir. juosta d. pusė) main road (kilometre 14.90), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a DAF FT 95XF.420, a Krone SDP27 registered in Latvia, a Scania R420 registered in Latvia and a Schmitz Cargobull S.CS24-13.62. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 23-year-old driver of the DAF (3 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance. 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 80 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
Recorded location
Magistraliniai keliai Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suvalkai (kelio ruožo su skir juosta d pusė), 17 km, Kauno r. sav.

The coordinates lie on the same road, but at 14.9 km rather than the recorded 17 km. The kilometre is shown by the coordinates.

80

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles4Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 23 y. (exp. 3 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Lithuania
Failure to keep a safe distance

Participants

Car driver

Male, 70 y. (exp. 20 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Citizenship Latvia

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