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2012 HYUNDAI TUCSON — STRUCTURE:BODY

crash2 injured · 1021971 · 2013-11-15

Vehicle

Make
HYUNDAI
Model
TUCSON
Year
2012
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Component
STRUCTURE:BODY
Miles at failure
240,000
Speed
7 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

WE WERE GOING THROUGH A GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT, WE WERE ABOUT THE 6TH CAR THROUGH THE LIGHT WHEN VEHICLE COMING OUT OF NOWHERE RAN THE RED LIGHT FROM THE CROSS STREET AT ABOUT 55MPH, DID NOT TRY TO STOP, WE SLOWED TO ALMOST A STOP AND SWERVED TO AVOID THE PERSON. SHE DID NOT TRY TO STOP AND T-BONED US IN THE DRIVERS WHEEL AND DOOR, BUT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE, EVEN WITH THIS HIGH SPEED COLLISION. THIS IS THE SECOND ACCIDENT OF THIS KIND WHERE THEY DID NOT ACTIVATE. THE FIRST WAS IN JANUARY AND WE WERE REAR ENDED AT A HIGH SPEED WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10552460
Machine
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