# 2005 MERCURY MARINER — CHILD SEAT:HARNESS/CROTCH BUCKLE
> NHTSA complaint `552024` · 2005-08-30 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 4
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MERCURY
- **Model:** MARINER
- **Year:** 2005
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** CHILD SEAT:HARNESS/CROTCH BUCKLE
- **Speed:** 50 mph
## Narrative
DT:  2005 MERCURY MARINER.  CONSUMER'S  VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN  AN ACCIDENT ON AUGUST 5, 2005.  THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OFF  THE ROAD AND WENT INTO A DITCH.  THEN, THE VEHICLE WENT AIRBORNE AND LANDED IN ANOTHER DITCH.  THE CONSUMER DID NOT REMEMBER WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED, BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT VERIFIED THE ACCIDENT.  UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED.  THE BRACKET ON THE 60/40 BACK SEAT DISLODGED, CAUSING THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT TO BECOME DISLODGED FROM THE VEHICLE  AND CONSUMER'S  DAUGHTER WAS THROWN INTO THE PASSENGER DOOR HEAD FIRST.  THE SAFETY BELT WHERE THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT WAS BECAME UNLOCKED.  THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND , WHO WAS DRIVING,  SUSTAINED COMPRESSION FRACTURE IN HIS BACK.  THE CHILD SUSTAINED  HEAD LACERATION FROM  RIGHT EAR ACROSS  FOREHEAD TO  LEFT EAR.  THIS SPLIT HER FOREHEAD OPEN AND SKULL WAS EXPOSED.  HER SON WAS IN A HIGH BACK BOOSTER AND SUSTAINED A BROKEN COLLAR BONE. THE  OTHER DAUGHTER  SUSTAINED ABRASIONS FROM THE 5 POINT HARNESS ON THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT.   A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN.  THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.  THE CHILD WITH THE HEAD LACERATION WAS ON THE 40% SIDE, AND THE OTHER TWO CHILDREN WERE ON THE 60% SIDE OF THE BACK SEAT.*AK
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