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Registration code 07-16-9424599

Volkswagen Polo and MAN truck crash on the Šiauliai–Palanga road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 3 March 2016, in the afternoon at 16:30, in Telšių district municipality, on the Šiauliai–Palanga main road (kilometre 70), a side collision with neither vehicle turning occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Polo and a MAN TGA 18.430. One person was injured — the 65-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 65-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (9 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when crossing an intersection. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Side collision with neither vehicle turning
Location
70

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Female, 65 y. (exp. 9 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober
Failure to give way when crossing an intersection

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 32 y. (exp. 16 y.)

Unharmed
Sober