Registration code 07-17-9443625
Mercedes-Benz and Setra bus crash on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road
On Saturday, 21 January 2017, at night at 3:30, in Klaipėdos district municipality, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 287.33), a Mercedes-Benz E 320 CDI ran off the road. One person died — a 53-year-old passenger of a Setra. Eight people were injured — a 19-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 32-year-old passenger of the Setra (hospitalized), a 69-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 21-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 19-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 54-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 23-year-old passenger of the Setra (hospitalized) and a 20-year-old passenger of the Setra (hospitalized). Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 100 km/h.
- Date / Time
- Type
- Running off the road to the right on a straight section
- Location
- Contributing factor
- Slippery road
Weather
Overcast
Light condition
Darkness
Street lighting off
- Primary impacts
- Front
- Damage
- Front bumper
Participants
Passenger
Female, 19 y.
Passenger
Female, 32 y.
Passenger
Male, 69 y.
Car driver
Male, 60 y. (exp. 36 y.)
Passenger
Male, 21 y.
Passenger
Female, 19 y.
Passenger
Male, 53 y.
Passenger
Female, 54 y.
Passenger
Male, 23 y.
Passenger
Female, 20 y.
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- Front
- Damage
- Front bumper
Participants
Car driver
Female, 20 y. (exp. 2 y.)
On this road part — 9 crashes, 11 injured
Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda, between km 284–289
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė), 288.3 kmToyota rolls over1 injured
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė), 285.6 kmTwo Volkswagen cars crash2 injured
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė), 288.4 kmVolkswagen Passat and three other cars crash1 injured
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k pusė), 285 kmOpel Vectra and two other cars crash1 injured
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d pusė), 284 kmVolkswagen Passat and Opel crash1 injured
At this spot — 3 crashes
within 100 m
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d pusė), 287.33 kmVolvo S80 runs off the road4 mno casualties
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k pusė), 287.3 kmSkoda Yeti runs off the road46 mno casualties
- Girininkų k. Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k pusė), 287.4 kmHit-and-run Audi driver runs off the road59 mno casualties
On this road part — 132 crashes, 11 injured
Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda, between km 285–289
- Vėžaičių mstl., Vilniaus str. Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė), 288 kmHit-and-run driver and Volkswagen crashno casualties
- Vėžaičių mstl., Vilniaus str. Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė), Magistraliniai keliai, 288 kmHit-and-run driver and Toyota crashno casualties
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė), 285 kmCollision with an obstacleno casualties
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė), 287 kmHit-and-run driver and Volvo truck crashno casualties
- Magistraliniai keliai Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (k. pusė), 289 kmUnlicensed Mercedes-Benz driver runs off the roadno casualties