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AIRBAG SWITCH — EQUIPMENT

3 injured · 1479487 · 2018-06-30

Vehicle

Make
AIRBAG
Model
SWITCH
Year
Manufacturer
AIRBAG SYSTEMS, INC.
Component
EQUIPMENT

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
3
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AFTER COLLISION WITH TOYOTA. IMPACT OF COLLISION AND FAULTY AIRBAGS ARE EVIDENT WHEN THE PERSON AT FAULT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED 2011 KIA FORTE MVA 4/12/2018 WHERE A GUY FAILED TO STOP AT STOP SIGNED AND PULLED ONTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC OF FOUR LANES TOTAL WITH ALL TRAFFIC GOING ONE WAY ONLY. SPEED ON STREET IS ESTIMATED 40 TO 50 ESTIMATE ONLY AS I DO NOT RECALL THE EXACT SPEED.. THE PERSON AT FAULT ENTERED THE ROAD WHICH HE HAD TO PASS THREE LANES UNTIL HE MADE IT TO THE LAST OR FURTHERED LANE FROM WHERE HE ENTERED INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC AND WAS A FAULT AS CONFIRMED BY POLICE REPORT AFTER SPEAKING WITH WITNESSES, THE PERSON AT FAULT IN MYSELF. I ATTEMPTED TO BREAK WHEN I SEEN THE FRONT THE CAR ENTERING INTO MY PATH/LANE. UNABLE TO AVOID THE COLLISION AS ALL THREE LANE WHICH HE CROSSED ALL HAD TRAFFIC TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS ME ON THIS ONE WAY STREET. I COULDN'T HELPED TO AVOID HITTING THE MID AND BACK DOOR OF HIS TOYOTA VS SWERVING INTO THE OTHER LANES AND CREATING A PILE UP SITUATION . THE IMPACT WAS NOTHING LESS THAN HARD AND BAD. SO MUCH SO, I WAS THROWN FORWARD TO WHICH THE SEATBELTS STOPPED ME AT FIRST BUT THEN THE FAULTY SEATBELT REALEASED AND I INJURED MY LEFT WRIST, SPRAINED AFTER TRYING TO CATCH MYSELF. MY KNEE HIT THE SIDE DASHBOARD AREA. OF COURSE, RIGHT SHOULDER AFTER MY LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF STEERING AND HIT MY SHOULDER ON STEERING WHEEL. NO SEATBELT DEPLOYMENT FROM WHEEL OR SIDES FROM IMPACT AND NO WHEEL AIRBAG DEPLOYMEN

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11104829
Machine
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