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Registration code 07-19-9510859

Setra bus and Opel crash on Šilutės highway, Klaipėda

Injury accident
6
Participants
4
Injured
0
Killed

On Monday, 14 October 2019, in the afternoon at 14:18, in Klaipėda, on Šilutės highway near No. 4, a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved a Setra and an Opel. Four people were injured — a 74-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 46-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient), a 73-year-old passenger of the Setra (treated as an outpatient) and a 55-year-old passenger of the Setra (hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 65-year-old driver of the Setra (15 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance. 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 50 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
50

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants6Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 65 y. (exp. 15 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to keep a safe distance

Passenger

Female, 74 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 46 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 73 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 55 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 66 y. (exp. 35 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

On this street — 218 crashes, 247 injured, 6 killed

Šilutės pl.

At this spot — 6 crashes, 6 injured

within 100 m