1998 MERCEDES BENZ E320 — STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1998 MERCEDES BENZ E320 — STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
Start: 2000-07-25

crash1 injured · 243309 · 2000-09-20

Vehicle

Make: MERCEDES BENZ
Model: E320
Year: 1998
Manufacturer: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
Speed: 35 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

THE REAR LEFT DOOR OPENED ON IMPACT. THE CAR WAS HIT MOSTLY ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR TOWARDS THE CENTER COLUMN AND THE REAR DOOR OPENED. MY 5-YEAR-OLD SON WAS SITTING NEXT TO THAT DOOR AND COULD HAVE BEEN EJECTED FROM THE CAR.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 732025
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown