# 2011 MAZDA MAZDA6 — SEAT BELTS
> NHTSA complaint `1293853` · 2016-06-29 · Mazda Motor Corp.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MAZDA
- **Model:** MAZDA6
- **Year:** 2011
- **Manufacturer:** Mazda Motor Corp.
- **Component:** SEAT BELTS
## Narrative
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.
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