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2018 HONDA GL1800 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

crash2 injured · 1969847 · 2024-02-23

Vehicle

Make
HONDA
Model
GL1800
Year
2018
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

I was pulling into the parking lot of a restaurant and stopped briefly to decide where to park. When lightly applying the throttle to pull into a parking space the engine revved up, the bike surged, and my wife and I crashed into a picnic area. This GL1800 DCT motorcycle has no clutch lever or foot shifter because it has a 7-speed automatic transmission. Therefore it wasn't possible to stop the rapid acceleration by pulling in a clutch lever, and activating the kill switch would have required taking my hand off the right hand grip as we ricocheted off picnic tables. Luckily no one was sitting in the picnic area. My wife and I suffered a broken leg and a broken knee from the crash. The motorcycle was declared totaled by the insurance company at a value of $23,500.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11573604
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown