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1998 HONDA CIVIC — SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

crash1 injured · 144477 · 1999-03-26

Vehicle

Make
HONDA
Model
CIVIC
Year
1998
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Component
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

DAUGHTER INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION. ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT, HIT BY ONCOMING CAR GOING APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH. WEARING SEATBELT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, BUT SEAT BELT FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY, WAS FLUNG INTO PASSENGER'S SIDE OF CAR. BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, NEITHER STRIKING HER. WAS FLUNG BACK TO DRIVERS SIDE OF CAR. AMBULANCED TO HOSPITAL WITH A FRACTURED LEFT RADIUS, SEVERELY DISPLACED FRACTURE OF LEFT CLAVICLE AND SCRAPES AND CONTUSIONS TO LEFT KNEE. 3/25/99 WRIST FRACTURE HAS HEALED, CLAVICLE STILL NOT HEALED AND NEITHER IS KNEE. CAR TOTALLED. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY SEATBELT DID NOT WORK. I AM HOWEVER VERY GRATEFUL THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT MORE SERIOUSLY INJURED. I WOULD GRATEFULLY APPRECIATE SOME KIND OF RESPONSE FROM MY COMPLAINT. HOW CAN I GET A RESPONSE FROM HONDA?

Source

Authoritative
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ODI Number
704975
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