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1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

crash2 injured · 301082 · 2001-06-28

Vehicle

Make
PONTIAC
Model
GRAND AM
Year
1999
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Speed
45 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

WAS HIT ON DRIVER SIDE FRONT PANEL GOING 45 MPH (NOT SURE OF THE OTHER DRIVER'S SPEED - POSTED SPEED FOR HIM WAS 30 MPH), WAS PIVOTED AND HIT TELEPHONE POLE HEAD ON. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND THE PASSENGER RESTRAINT FAILED CAUSING THE PASSANGER TO HIT THE DASH BOARD AND FRACTURE HER COLLARBONE AND CAUSED INJURY TO HER LEFT KNEE. MY OWNERS MANUAL STATES ANY IMPACT TO THE FRONT NO LESS THAN 14 MPH SHOULD DEPLOY THE AIRBAGS. HAD THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, MY PASSENGER WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INJURED SO SEVERELY. I DID NOT SEE THE DRIVER COMING AND HAD NO TIME TO BRAKE. HE RAN A STOP SIGN AND DID NOT BRAKE EITHER. THERE IS NO WAY HE COULD HAVE SLOWED MY CAR DOWN 31 MPH WITH A FULL FORCE PIVOT INTO A TELEPHONE POLE THAT WAS ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY.*AK

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
747533
Machine
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