NHTSA complaint: 2011 MAZDA MAZDA6 — SEAT BELTS
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2015-11-19
description: TAKATA RECALL - 2011 MAZDA 6 I WAS THE PASSENGER IN A COLLISION IN NOVEMBER 2015 WHERE THE 2011 MAZDA 6 WAS T-BONED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE (FORD FUSION), WHICH MADE THE MAZDA 6 SPIN SEVERAL TIMES, HOP A CURB, AND DEPLOY THE AIRBAGS. AS THE PASSENGER (FRONT SEAT) I SUFFERED INJURIES CAUSED BY THE TAKATA AIRBAGS AND REQUIRED GOING TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING THE COLLISION. INJURIES INCLUDED AT LEAST THREE FRACTURED/BROKEN RIBS AND MAJOR BRUISING ON MY RIGHT KNEE. INJURIES TOOK OVER 6 MONTHS TO HEAL, TAKING HEAVY DOSES OF PAIN KILLERS JUST TO MANAGE THE PAIN. LINGERING EFFECTS FROM THIS COLLISION CAN STILL BE FELT 7 MONTHS LATER. THE DRIVER DID NOT SUSTAIN MAJOR INJURIES ASIDE FROM SCRAPES AND A FEW BRUISES. POLICE REPORTS DETERMINED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE FORD FUSION WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLISION AND WAS CHARGED WITH CARELESS/RECKLESS DRIVING. THAT DRIVER FAILED TO STOP/YIELD IN THEIR TURNING LANE BEFORE DRIVING STRAIGHT INTO THE MAZDA 6. THE MAZDA 6 WAS DECLARED TOTALED BY INSURANCE. THE MAZDA 6 WAS ADDED TO THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL IN MAY 2016, APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS AFTER THE ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED.
organizer: Mazda Motor Corp.
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 1293853

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