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Registration code 07-17-9449091

Opel Zafira and Audi crash on the Skuodas–Plungė road

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
1
Killed

On Sunday, 7 May 2017, in the afternoon at 11:56, in Kretingos district municipality, on the Skuodas–Plungė national road (kilometre 26.47), a side collision with neither vehicle turning occurred. The collision involved an Opel Zafira and an Audi A6. One person died — the 74-year-old driver of the Opel (later died from the injuries). One person was injured — a 53-year-old passenger of the Audi (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 74-year-old driver of the Opel (39 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when crossing an intersection. 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 70 km/h.

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

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight uphillBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 74 y. (exp. 39 y.)

Died from injuries
Sober
Failure to give way when crossing an intersection

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Participants

Passenger

Female, 53 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Car driver

Male, 24 y. (exp. 6 y.)

Unharmed
Sober