NHTSA complaint: FIRESTONE FIRESTONE — TIRES
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2001-12-01
description: I ENTERED ON FREEWAY AND WAS GETTING UP TO FREEWAY SPEED WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED. I WAS TOWING A 32' TRAVEL TRAILER. WE STARTED TO JACKNIFE. I ACCELERATED AND USED MY TRAILER BRAKE TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT, THEN I STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES AND AGAIN STARTED TO JACKNIFE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. SO I AGAIN ACCELERATED AND USED MY TRAILER BRAKES TO STRAIGHTEN OUT, THEN I TRIED TO BRAKE AND SLOW AGAIN AND WE STARTED TO JACKNIFE, SO I AGAIN ACCELERATED AND USED MY TRAILER BRAKES. THE TRAILER WHIPPED AROUND AND SLAMMED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE EXCURSION. BROKE LOOSE, TIPPED OVER, TOTALING TRAILER AND DAMAGING EXCURSION. IT WHIPPED US AROUND AND SHOOK US UP PRETTY GOOD. (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)
organizer: FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO.
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 344542

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