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2013 BMW 328 — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

1 injured · 1548271 · 2019-03-13

Vehicle

Make
BMW
Model
328
Year
2013
Manufacturer
BMW of North America, LLC
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Miles at failure
72,000
Speed
70 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING FREE FROM OTHER TRAFFIC OR OBSTACLES WHEN, WITHOUT WARNING, THE SUNROOF GLASS SHATTERED CAUSING A LOUD SOUND THAT DISTRACTED THE DRIVER. RESULTANT GLASS PARTICLES ENTERED THE VEHICLE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING A MINOR INJURY TO THE RIGHT HAND OF THE DRIVER. AS SEEN IN THE ATTACHED PHOTOS, THE GLASS EXPLODED OUTWARD, INDICATING THAT THIS WAS NOT DUE TO AN EXTERNAL IMPACT. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON INTERSTATE 74 EASTBOUND JUST WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11186678
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown