On Wednesday, November 2, according to preliminary data from LKPT, 45 road accidents occurred on the country’s roads. In the dark hour of the day – 23. Because of drunk drivers – 5.
People were injured in 6 traffic accidents: 9 people were injured. 2 of them are minors. A car accident was caused by the fault of a drunk driver.
Around 01:48 am Radviliškis district, Grinkiškis mstl., Tilto str. drunk (blood alcohol level 1.57) of the Seat Alhambra (born 1980) went off the road, overturned and was injured.
98 people have died in road accidents in 2022 until this Thursday and the number of injuries is 2,994.
Around 9:01 pm In the Pasvalys district, on the main road A10 Panevėžys – Pasvalys – Riga, the driver of a Volkswagen Polo car (born in 2003) turned left leaving the main road at the intersection and did not pass a Volvo car driving in the opposite direction and in the opposite lane of the main road, where a man was driving (born in 1998) Two passengers of the Volkswagen Polo car (born in 2004 and 2005) and the driver.
Statistics of road accidents in which people were injured in 2022 are also presented (accounting until November 2).
LKPT recorded a total of 2,559 road accidents, 98 people were killed and 2,994 were injured.
59 freezes on All Saints’ Day
On Tuesday 1 November, according to preliminary data, 59 road accidents occurred on the country’s roads. In the dark – 33. Because of drunk drivers – 4.
People were injured in 8 traffic accidents. 12 people were injured. 3 of them are minors.
Around 12:10 pm Ford Escort and Mitsubishi Outlander collided in the Joniškis district, in the village of Mikolaičiūnai, on the Joniškis-Žagare-Naujoji Akmenė road.
Injured the driver of the Ford (born in 1935), the passenger (born in 1971) and two passengers of the Mitsubishi Outlander (born in 1972 and 1998).
Around 3:42 pm In Vilnius, Dzūkų St., Nissan Almera car driver Tino (born 1985) did not choose a safe speed on a winding section of the road and lost control of the car, entered in the opposite lane, he ran on the pavement, hit and injured a woman (born in 1953).
Monday was the most urgent time
On Monday, October 31, according to preliminary data, 69 road accidents occurred on the country’s roads. In the dark – 30. Because of drunk drivers – 4.
People were injured in 12 traffic accidents. 6 people were injured. 4 of them are minors.
Around 6:50 am Panevėžys district municipality, Piniavas village, Sodžius st. the driver of the Audi A3 (born in 1967) entered the opposite lane and hindered a pedestrian (born in 1960) walking on the left side of the road.
Around 11:34 am In Kaunas, Žemaičių pl., The driver of a Volkswagen Jetta car (born in 1966) while driving in the fourth lane, when the permitted (green) traffic light was on, did not have time to stop the vehicle, hit her and injured her, suddenly entered the street when the man who ran away at the signal (born in 1935) was on at the traffic light (red).
Around 12:15 pm In the Varėna district, on the main Vilnius-Varėna-Gardinas road, at the 63rd km, two vehicles – a BMW and a Toyota Avensis – driving in the same direction collided under unclear circumstances. 3 people were injured during the car accident: a BMW passenger (born in 1993), a Toyota driver (born in 1942) and a passenger (born in 1956).
Around 2.30 pm In Kaunas, on Vaidotos street, two Opel Signum cars collided at a traffic light-controlled intersection. A minor passenger (born in 2015) was injured in the road accident.
Around 6:20 pm, Klaipėda, Minijos st. the driver of the Peugeot Partner (born in 1965) turned left from Via Minija in violation of the highway code and did not pass the BMW driver (born in 1989). The drivers of both cars were injured in the crash.
Around 20:47 In the district of Pasvaly, on the A10 Panevėžys – Pasvalys – Riga, at km 47, the driver of a Volkswagen Passat (born in 1992), turning left from the side road Biržai – Raubonys, did not miss a DAF truck with semi-trailer – trailer that drives straight on the Schmitz main road driven by a man (born 1972). Four VW passengers were injured in the car accident: two underage girls (born in 2012 and 2015), a boy (born in 2016) and a woman (born in 1990).
