Registration code 07-20-9520386

Opel Zafira and another car crash on the Klaipėda–Liepoja road

Injury accident
3
Participants
1
Injured
0
Killed

On Monday, 10 February 2020, in the morning at 7:41, in Klaipėdos district municipality, on the Klaipėda–Liepoja (kelio ruožo su skir. juosta k. pusė) main road (kilometre 2.97), a collision while moving in the same direction occurred. The collision involved an Opel Zafira and a truck. One person was injured — a 62-year-old passenger of the Opel (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 63-year-old driver of the Opel (24 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, there was freezing rain, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collisions while moving in the same direction
Rear-end collision
Location
Magistraliniai keliai Klaipėda–Liepoja (kelio ruožo su skir. juosta k. pusė), 2.97 km, Klaipėdos r. sav.
90

Weather

Freezing rain

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants3Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

Possibly at fault

Car driver

Male, 63 y. (exp. 24 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to keep a safe distance

Passenger

Female, 62 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Participants

Car driver

Male, 41 y. (exp. 20 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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