Registration code 07-18-9464866

MAN TGX truck crash on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas road

1
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 19 January 2018, in the afternoon at 14:21, in Kelmės district municipality, on the Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas main road (kilometre 95.70), a collision with barriers occurred. The accident involved a MAN TGX 18.440 registered in Germany. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 40-year-old driver of the MAN (21 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident it was snowing, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collision with barriers
Location
Recorded location
Magistraliniai keliai Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 90.5 km, Kelmės r. sav.

The coordinates lie on the same road, but at 95.7 km rather than the recorded 90.5 km. The kilometre is shown by the coordinates.

90

Weather

Snow, hail

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants1Vehicles1Damaged1

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 40 y. (exp. 21 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

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