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Registration code 07-23-9613397

Audi A5 and BMW crash on the Šiauliai–Palanga road

Injury accident
4
Participants
3
Injured
0
Killed
Injured children: 1

On Saturday, 30 December 2023, in the evening at 17:01, in Kretingos district municipality, on the Šiauliai–Palanga main road (kilometre 131.15), a head-on collision while overtaking occurred. The collision involved an Audi A5 Sportback and a BMW. Three people were injured — a 15-year-old passenger of the BMW (hospitalized), the 48-year-old driver of the BMW (treated as an outpatient) and a 31-year-old passenger of the Audi (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 21-year-old driver of the Audi (3 years of driving experience), who violated overtaking rules. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was raining, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision while overtaking
Location
90

Weather

Rain

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionWetRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants4Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 21 y. (exp. 3 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Violation of overtaking rules

Passenger

Female, 31 y.

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober

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Participants

Passenger

Female, 15 y.

InjuredHospital treatment
Sober

Car driver

Female, 48 y. (exp. 24 y.)

InjuredOutpatient treatment
Sober