Registration code 07-19-9497375

Volkswagen Transporter and Volvo truck crash on Vakarinis bypass, Kaunas

2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Thursday, 25 April 2019, in the morning at 8:10, in Kaunas, on Vakarinis bypass, a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Volkswagen Transporter registered in Ukraine, a Volvo FH and a trailer/semi-trailer 0.75–3.5 t. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 55-year-old driver of the Volkswagen (17 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when changing direction. 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 110 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Lane change to the left
Location
Recorded location
Vakarinis aplinkl. str. Magistraliniai keliai Kaunas-–Marijampolė–Suvalkai (kelio ruožo su skir juosta k pusė), 3 km, Kauno m. sav.

The coordinates lie on the same road, but at 1.9 km rather than the recorded 3 km. The kilometre is shown by the coordinates.

110

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles3Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 55 y. (exp. 17 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to give way when changing direction

Participants

Car driver

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

Unharmed
Sober

Signed-in users see more

Some fields (seatbelts, airbags, bans and more) are visible only when signed in.

Create an account for free