# 1990 BUICK REGAL — SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
> **FATAL** · NHTSA complaint `140910` · 1999-03-08 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 1
- **Injured:** 3
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** BUICK
- **Model:** REGAL
- **Year:** 1990
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
## Narrative
DOOR WAS FORCED OPENED BY THE FORCE, DOOR LATCH PULLED STRIKER FROM DOOR PILLAR AND DOOR OPEN LEAVING THE SEAT BELT USELESS , AS A SAFETY RESTRAINT, AND PASSANGER WAS EJECTED AND KILLED. THE DOOR MOUNTED DESIGN IS TOTALLY USELESS ON DOOR OPENING, SEATBELTS SHOULD STAY ON PELVIS, IN ALL ACCIDENT CONDITIONS, G.M INSTALLED THIS DESIGN IN THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES, THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT THESE TYPE OF RESTAINT IN THEIR VEHICLES, ANYBODY WITH ANY KIND OF BRAINS SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT, THEIR ENGINEERS ARE STUPID OR THEY DON'T CARE. THIS TYPE OF SEAT BELT RESTRAINT SYSTEM KILLED MY DAUGHTER,  AND THERE WILL BE MANY PEOPLE DYING BECAUSE OF THIS, G.M. SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED PUT THIS TYPE OF RESTRAINT IN THERE DOOR.
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