1996 FORD RANGER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1996 FORD RANGER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Start: 1999-03-20

crash · 145317 · 1999-04-01

Vehicle

Make: FORD
Model: RANGER
Year: 1996
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Speed: 70 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED, RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN, HOWEVER THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE TO 80 MPH WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AND NEAR FATALITY. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 705188
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown