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2018 TOYOTA RAV4 — AIR BAGS

crash2 injured · 2183618 · 2026-03-06

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
RAV4
Year
2018
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
AIR BAGS

Severity

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

Narrative

3/4/2026 5:10 pm Vehicle (2018 RAV4) was sitting in backed up traffic waiting to exist highway and was hit from behind by a sedan travelling at 65+ mph, pushed into a pickup truck in front, then deflected left into a guardrail. SO, three separate impacts with extensive damage to the entire rear of the car, the front end, and right front quarter. Two occupants in the car, driver and front passenger, no airbags deployed. Driver's head contacted the steerring wheel (back eye, cut lip, swelling on forehead and around eye, headache), and legs and arms of driver and passenger contacted other portions of the interior of the vehicle and experienced severe whiplash, but no broken bones per initial ER xrays and scans. Vehicle towed and is currently available for inspection.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11722494
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown