# 2000 CHEVROLET C/K PICKUPS — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `1110329` · 2014-09-16 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** C/K PICKUPS
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 102,000
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, A LARGER GMC DUALLY. I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH WHEN THE OTHER VEHICLE ENTERED MY LANE AT NEAR OR EQUAL SPEED AND STRUCK ME HEAD ON. I HAD TIME TO REACT BY STOMPING THE BRAKES BUT I SEEMED TO NOT SLOW DOWN. I HAD NO WHERE TO TURN ALL POSSIBLE LANES OF AVOIDANCE WERE BLOCKED WITH SMALLER CARS. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY... IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BY LAW CARS/LIGHT TRUCKS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE AIRBAGS IF THEY ARE 1998 OR NEWER. I UNDERSTAND A LIGHT TRUCK TO BE UP TO 8,600 LBS GROSS WEIGHT WITH PAYLOAD. THIS STANDARD INCLUDES MY TRUCK, I SUSTAINED SEVER INJURIES TO MY NECK/CHEST AND RUPTURED DISCS IN MY BACK RESULTING IN EMERGENCY BACK SURGERY. IF I HAD AIRBAGS I AM SURE MY INJURIES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NEARLY AS SERVER AND I MY HAVE NOT LOST SO MUCH. SOMEONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL ASSISTANCE YOU CAN OFFER ME.    THANK YOU  *TR
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