# 2011 FORD ESCAPE — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `1640184` · 2020-01-23 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** ESCAPE
- **Year:** 2011
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 144,900
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
POLICE REPORT; BRUNSWICK, OH 2002113  1/16/2020  UNIT 2 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON MARKS ROAD.  UNIT 3 WAS SOUTH BOUND ON MARKS ROAD ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO SLEEPY HOLLOW ROAD.  UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND ON MARKS ROAD.  UNIT 1 CROSSED LEFT OF CENTER TO AVOID HITTING UNIT 3.  UNIT 1 STRUCK THE REAR LEFT CORNER OF UNIT 3 AND THEN STRUCK UNIT 2 HEAD ON.  DRIVER AND PASSENGER OF UNIT1 REPORTED NO INJURIES, THEY WERE CLEARED BY EMS.  DRIVER AND PASSENGER OF UNIT 2 REPORTED INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO SOUTHWEST GENERAL (ER) BRUNSWICK CAMPUS.  DRIVER OF UNIT 3 REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE DRIVER OF UNIT 1 WAS SITED IN VIOLATION OF ORC 4511.21A  ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE (SPEED). CITATION NUMBER; T44852  THE AIRBAGS IN UNIT 2 DID NOT DEPLOY.  AIR BAGS IN UNIT 1 DEPLOYED FRONT AND SIDES.  INSURANCE CLAIM NUMBER: PROGRESSIVE 205164024  CAR HAS BEEN RELEASED TO INSURANCE COMPANY.  TITLE HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED OVER TO THEM YET.  TRANS-COUNTY TOWING, 585 STATE STREET, MEDINA, OH  (216-407-5282) SAID THE CAR WAS TOTALED. INSURANCE COMPANY HAS NOT REPORTED THEIR RESULTS OF INSPECTION.  I HAVE PHOTO OF CARS AND INJURIES BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO DOWNLOAD THEM. POLICE ALSO TOOK PHOTOS.
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