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2009 SCION TC — TIRES

crash · 1800585 · 2022-03-09

Vehicle

Make
SCION
Model
TC
Year
2009
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
TIRES
Speed
60 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

Just entered the interstate and was 2 miles from home when the car started shaking cause the car to make a sudden hard right across multiple lanes of traffic going down an embankment and hitting trees. Witness who saw the accident while traveling behind the car saw smoke coming from driver rear tire, then car began to shake and car abruptly went to the right and off the road. Highway patrol stated based on witness and driver accounts, the driver rear tire failed. The collision center states the interior portion of the driver read tire separated and failed. The entire tire separated clean.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11455951
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown