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FORD EXPLORER — STRUCTURE

1 fatal5 injured · 310977 · 2001-07-20

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
EXPLORER
Year
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
STRUCTURE

Severity

Deaths
1
Injured
5
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLES LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATEDF ROM THE VEHICLE, THE TREAD BECAME ENTANGLED UNDER THE VEHICLES AXLE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER 6 TIMES, THE ROOF CAVED IN ONTO THE PASSENGERS, ALL THE WINDOWS SHATTERED AND ALL THE OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE, 5 OCCUPANTS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1 WAS KILLED, IT IS UNKNOWN IFANY OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. *YH

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
562156
Machine
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