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Skoda Octavia and DAF truck crash on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Monday, 2 January 2017, in the afternoon at 16:35, in Šilalės district municipality, Brokštėnų village, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 231), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Skoda Octavia, a DAF FT XF105.460 and a Schmitz Cargobull. One person was injured — a 73-year-old passenger of the Skoda (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 47-year-old driver of the Skoda (10 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance and failed to choose a safe speed. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, the weather was clear, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 110 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
110

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles3Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Female, 47 y. (exp. 10 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to keep a safe distanceFailure to choose a safe speed

Passenger

Female, 73 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Participants

Car driver

Male, 59 y. (exp. 10 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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