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2020 SUBARU FORESTER — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

firecrash · 1997919 · 2024-06-08

Vehicle

Make
SUBARU
Model
FORESTER
Year
2020
Manufacturer
Subaru of America, Inc.
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Speed
60 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

Collided with a deer that was running across the freeway. Driving legal speed. Impact to front driver's side. Impact seemed relatively minor. No passenger injury. Odd that the airbags didn't deploy. Able to coast to the shoulder. Steam coming from radiator. That dissipated quickly. Had my sister call 911. Took pics of the front as well as the deer fur stuck to the car. About 2 minutes went by and I returned to the front to assess the extent of the damage. Car totaled. As I was assessing, I noted flames starting at the engine compartment firewall, almost directly centered between right and left sides. Vehicle eventually became fully engulfed. Seems like that fire shouldn't have started a full 5 minutes after the engine had been shut off. Advised to report by State Farm as the loss prevention person also thought it was unusual, as did OSP and fire. Said they'd never seen a car burst into flames after a deer strike.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11593235
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown