NHTSA complaint: 1992 TOYOTA TOYOTA TRUCK — SEAT BELTS
SEATBELTS ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURE GUIDELINES WERE NOT DEFECTIVE. SEATBELT SYSTEM, SHOULDER HARNESS USED, ALLOWED THE DRIVER TO SUSTAIN FACIAL INJURIES TO THE BRIDGE OF NOSE AND OCCIPATAL AREAS. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT SYSTEM ,SHOULDER HARNESS USED AS IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURE DIRECTIONS: ALLOWED A CHILD OF ABOUT 55-60 POUNDS TO BE PROJECTED FORWARD OUT OF THE SHOULDER HARNESS BUT NOT THE LAP BELT . THE CHILD WAS IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION AS STATED ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURE DIRECTIONS WITH THE SHOULDER BELT COMING OVER HER SHOULDER AS PICTURED AND NOT IN HER FACE. THE CHILD 'S HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD AS EVIDENCED BY A "SPIDER CRACK" AND FACE/MOUTH HIT THE DASH BOARD. THE INJURY TO HER HEAD WAS ON THE TOP OF HER SCALP ABOUT 2 INCHES FROM FRONT HAIR LINE. SHE ALSO SUSTAINED LACERATIONS TO HER CHIN. AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT EMT PERSONEL AND POLICE ORIGINALLY STATED SHE HAD THE SHOULDER BELT ON UNDER HER ARM, HAVING THE SHOULDER BELT ON WRONG . UPON CONSULT WITH CHILD'S PEDIATRICIAN , SHE DID INFACT COME OUT OF THE SHOULDER HARNESS DUE TO THE FORCE OF THE ACCIDENT BY EVIDENCE THAT SHE HAD NO RIB INJURIES AT ALL BUT HAD A SIGNIFICANT BRUISE ON HER RIGHT FRONT HIP WITH "LAP BELT BURNS" THE SEATBELT SYSTEM STILL BUCKLED . THE ACCIDENT OCCURED AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 5M/HR THE VEHICLE SLIDDING ON A SNOWY DAY ATTEMPTING TO STOP.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation