# 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE — SEAT BELTS
> **FATAL** · NHTSA complaint `503748` · 2004-10-18 · Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 1
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MITSUBISHI
- **Model:** ECLIPSE
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
- **Component:** SEAT BELTS
## Narrative
CONCERNS FOR PASSENGER'S IN VEHICLE, DURING CRASH VEHICLE ROLL OVER.    *BF  WHILE DRIVING A DEER JUMPED IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE.  THE CONSUMER OVER-CORRECTED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PIN COUNTER CLOCKWISE.  THE VEHICLE THEN STRUCK A TREE SPLITTING IT IN HALF.  THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CONTINUED WESTBOUND,  THE PASSENGER BECAME EJECTED.  THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CONTINUED TO ROLL AND CAME TO FINAL REST IN A YARD.  THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT PROPERLY RESTRAIN THE PASSENGER.  THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES BUT THE PASSENGER WAS KILLED.   *NM
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