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Registration code 07-18-9464812

Drunk cyclist and Scania truck crash on the Telšiai–Varniai–Laukuva road

Injury accidentAt-fault driver drunk
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 18 January 2018, in the evening at 17:59, in Telšių district municipality, on the Telšiai–Varniai–Laukuva national road (kilometre 26.25), a collision with a bicycle occurred. The collision involved a bicycle and a Scania. One person was injured — a 68-year-old cyclist (hospitalized). The accident was caused by a 68-year-old cyclist, who was cycling at night or in poor visibility without a reflective vest or reflective elements. He was drunk (0.65‰ blood alcohol). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collision with a bicycle
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
70

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Cyclist

Male, 68 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentExtent of harm not determined
Intoxicated0.65 ‰Mild degree of intoxication
Cycling at night or in poor visibility without a reflective vest or reflective elements

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 51 y. (exp. 32 y.)

Unharmed
Sober