# 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `1382559` · 2017-06-05 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO 1500
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 103,000
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION WITH A SEMI TRUCK. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD WHERE IT WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE CRASH DID NOT FIT THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES AND FRACTURES IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER PORTIONS OF THE BACK, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND SURGERY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 103,000.
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