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1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

crash1 injured · 535256 · 2005-05-16

Vehicle

Make
PONTIAC
Model
GRAND AM
Year
1999
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Miles at failure
150,000
Speed
45 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

DT: AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND THERE WAS SAND ACROSS THE ROAD. CONSUMER HIT THE SAND AND STARTED SPINNING AND SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES AT LEAST 5 TIMES, WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND HIT A BIG PINE TREE WITH THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. *TT

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10121053
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown