# 2022 TESLA MODEL 3 — SEATS
> NHTSA complaint `2001521` · 2024-06-21 · Tesla, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TESLA
- **Model:** MODEL 3
- **Year:** 2022
- **Manufacturer:** Tesla, Inc.
- **Component:** SEATS
## Narrative
ISSUE BACK OF FRONT SEATS COLLAPSED BACKWARDS DURING A REAR END COLLISION. CAR TOTALED. On December 4. 2023 we were rear ended while stopped at red. The van that hit us was doing 40 MPH, when it hit the  Tesla we were driving. The two front seat backs collapsed backwards. As the driver and because of the  seat collapsing backwards I suffered a fractured BACK   and have spent the last  six plus months in a cervical thoracic  brace which we are still in.
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