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Registration code 07-18-9470697

Iveco 260E27 truck and Yamaha motorcycle crash on the Šiauliai–Palanga road

Injury accident
2
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Tuesday, 24 April 2018, in the evening at 17:20, in Plungės district municipality, on the Šiauliai–Palanga main road (kilometre 96.70), a collision while turning left (U-turning) occurred. The collision involved an Iveco 260E27 and a Yamaha FZS 1000. One person was injured — the 33-year-old driver of the Yamaha (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 72-year-old driver of the Iveco (45 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when changing direction. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while turning left (U-turning)
Collision with a vehicle going straight
Location
90

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 72 y. (exp. 45 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to give way when changing direction

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Participants

Motorcyclist

Male, 33 y. (exp. 3 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober