NHTSA complaint: 2002 HONDA ACCORD — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR WAS HEADED WEST IN THE LEFT LANE OF A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. A BIG SUV HEADED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WAS TURNING TO THE LEFT. HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO AND STOPPED RIGHT IN MY LANE. MY CAR HIT HERS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WHEN WE CRASHED, BOTH OF MY AIR BAGS EXPLODED. I THOUGHT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE BECAUSE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE BAGS. MY RIGHT ARM AND HAND SWELLED UP SO BIG AND IS STILL PAINFUL. I THINK THERE MUST BE MEDAL EMBEDDED IN MY ARM. BLOOD WAS GUSHING FROM MY ARM AND RIGHT KNEE. THE INCH GASH IN MY RIGHT KNEE WAS ON TOP OF MY TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT. THIS HAD TO BE STITCHED UP. I HAD CONTUSIONS ON MY CHEST, ARM AND LEFT KNEE. MY RIBS AND STERNUM WERE BRUISED BADLY. MY RIGHT ANKLE WAS FRACTURED. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. I WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO EMERGENCY AND STAYED UNTIL JUNE 26, 2014. I WAS ORDERED TO PUT NO WEIGHT ON MY RIGHT LEG AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO A MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTER. BEFORE MY RELEASE FROM THERE, I DEVELOPED PNEUMONIA AND COULD NOT LEAVE UNTIL JULY 14, 2014. I STILL HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY ON MY LEFT KNEE FOR TORN MENISCUS. THAT SURGERY IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 9, 2014. MY BACK WAS FRACTURED ALSO; HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT SCHEDULED THAT SURGERY AS OF YET.......UPDATED 09-03-14 *BF UPDATED 11/26/2014 *JS
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation