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Registration code 07-24-9616128

Mercedes-Benz Actros truck rolls over on the Šiauliai–Palanga road

1
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Monday, 12 February 2024, at night at 2:40, in Telšių district municipality, Vigantiškių village, on the Šiauliai–Palanga main road (kilometre 73.10), a Mercedes-Benz Actros rolled over. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 38-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (8 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, there was freezing rain, the road surface was icy. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Rollover
Running off the road to the right on a straight section
Location
Contributing factor
Slippery road
90

Weather

Freezing rain

Light condition

Darkness

Street lighting off

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionIcyRoad geometryStraight downhillBarriers present
Participants1Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At fault

Car driver

Male, 38 y. (exp. 8 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to choose a safe speed

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