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Registration code 07-22-9579425

Opel Zafira and Peugeot crash at Liepojos highway and Elijos street, Palanga

Injury accident
7
Participants
7
Injured
0
Killed
Injured children: 3

On Thursday, 11 August 2022, in the afternoon at around 16:00, in Palanga, on Liepojos highway, at the junction with Elijos street, a collision while turning right occurred. The collision involved an Opel Zafira and a Peugeot. Seven people were injured — the 74-year-old driver of the Opel (treated as an outpatient), a 3-year-old passenger of the Peugeot (treated as an outpatient), a 5-year-old passenger of the Peugeot (treated as an outpatient), the 31-year-old driver of the Peugeot (treated as an outpatient), a 0-year-old passenger of the Peugeot (treated as an outpatient), a 23-year-old passenger of the Peugeot (treated as an outpatient) and a 73-year-old passenger of the Opel (severely injured, hospitalized). The accident was caused by the 74-year-old driver of the Opel (42 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when crossing an intersection. 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 70 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Collision while turning right
Collision with a vehicle going straight
Location
Liepojos pl. / Elijos str. Magistraliniai keliai Klaipėda–Liepoja, 36.5 km, Palangos m. sav.
70

Weather

Clear

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants7Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 74 y. (exp. 42 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober
Failure to give way when crossing an intersection

Passenger

Female, 73 y.

InjuredHospital treatmentSevere health impairment
Sober

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Participants

Passenger

Male, 3 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 5 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatmentNegligible health impairment
Sober

Car driver

Female, 31 y. (exp. 10 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatmentMinor health impairment
Sober

Passenger

Male, 0 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober

Passenger

Female, 23 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober
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