# 2001 GMC DENALI — SEAT BELTS
> NHTSA complaint `1084558` · 2014-07-09 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** DENALI
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SEAT BELTS
- **Miles at failure:** 111,000
## Narrative
REAR-ENDED WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP FOR A RED LIGHT. HIGH IMPACT; MY HEAD HIT THE STEERING WHEEL THEN THE DRIVER SIDE PANEL. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MY DOOR WAS PRIED OPEN BY A PEDESTRIAN WHO CHECKED ME AND ASKED IF I KNEW WHAT HAPPENED AND WAS I OKAY. I OPENED THE DOOR, STRUGGLED OUT AND TRIED TO STAND UP TO SEE WHAT HAD HIT ME; MY LEGS WOULDN'T HOLD AND I LEANED AGAINST MY VEHICLE AND CALLED 911. I LOOKED AROUND AND AT THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME, SOME WERE SMOKING AND EVERYONE WAS IN A GENERAL STATE OF SHOCK AND PANIC. THERE SEEMED TO BE NUMEROUS VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THE CRASH. THE AMBULANCE CAME, TOOK ME AWAY AND A POLICE OFFICER CAME TO MY BEDSIDE TO LET ME KNOW THE SKETCHY DETAILS THAT HE'D LEARNED FROM THE OTHER VICTIMS AND WITNESSES. MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. SUBSEQUENT MRIS SHOWED THAT I HAVE MULTIPLE BULGING DISCS IN MY NECK AND LOWER BACK, SOME OF  WHICH ARE PRESSING ON NERVES AND CAUSING PAIN IN MY NECK, SHOULDERS, BACK, CALVES, ANKLES AND ARMS.  *TR
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