# 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
> NHTSA complaint `1942147` · 2023-11-10 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** PRIUS
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- **Speed:** 30 mph
## Narrative
The lights spontaneously turned off while driving on a cloudy night on an unlit section of interstate.  While slowing the car down, it went onto gravel, semi-circled around and flipped over onto the lower median.  No air bag deployed.  No protection from shoulder seat belt.  Head hit steering wheel, and I briefly lost consciousness.  Tests showed skull and cervical fractures.  The car was "totaled."  I was planning a move.  Now I consider myself to be lucky to be alive.  I am rewriting because of previous a NHTSA computer malfunction changing a serious injury to "NO" injury on the questionnaire.
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