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Registration code 07-18-9484077

BMW and Mercedes-Benz crash on the Plungė–Vėžaičiai road

Injury accident
3
Participants
3
Injured
0
Killed
Injured children: 1

On Monday, 5 November 2018, at night at 2:05, in Klaipėdos district municipality, on the Plungė–Vėžaičiai national road (kilometre 28.47), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a BMW and a Mercedes-Benz S 350 CDI. Three people were injured — the 19-year-old driver of the BMW (hospitalized), the 51-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (hospitalized) and a 13-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 19-year-old driver of the BMW (less than a year of driving experience), who entered the oncoming traffic lane. Both drivers were sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). 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
Head-on collision
Location
70

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryHorizontal bendBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Female, 19 y. (exp. 0 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentExtent of harm not determined
Sober
Entering the oncoming traffic lane

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 51 y. (exp. 33 y.)

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 13 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

At this spot — 2 crashes, 7 injured

within 100 m

On this road part — 10 crashes, 12 injured, 1 killed

Plungė–Vėžaičiai, between km 26–31