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UNKNOWN UNKNOWN — AIR BAGS

1 injured · 1988390 · 2024-05-02

Vehicle

Make
UNKNOWN
Model
UNKNOWN
Year
Manufacturer
UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER
Component
AIR BAGS

Severity

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

Narrative

The following article describes eyeglasses that are not made of polycarbonate material may cause irreparable eye injury as a result of vehicle airbag deployment with eyeglasses sunglasses composed of this material shattering into fragments https://www.11alive.com/article/money/consumer/sunglasses-safety-in-crash/85-7a8eebdc-3478-42e5-a9e5-465dac28425b This should be a warning in the owners manual of all vehicles equipped with airbags and should be a notice sent out to all opticians to advise their customers during purchase of glasses with possible tags affixed to glasses warning of this hazard

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11586486
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown