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1996 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

crash1 injured · 436230 · 2003-10-10

Vehicle

Make
PONTIAC
Model
TRANS SPORT
Year
1996
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Speed
65 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

INADVERTENT DRIVERS AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT CAUSING INJURIES. *MR WHILE DRIVING THE AIR BAG SUDDENLY DEPLOYED AND KNOCKED THE CONSUMER UNCONSCIOUS. THE CONSUMER HAD RUN OFF THE ROAD AND ENTERED A WOODED AREA AND STRUCK A TREE HEAD-ON. THE DRIVER COULD NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACCIDENT. (LAWYER MICHAEL SHEPHERD ON BEHALF OF CLIENT KAREN WILSON (PER A. JIMENEZ, THIS DOCUMENT IS TO BE TREATED AS A MAILED IN VOQ) *SCC *JB

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10042709
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown