SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Miles at failure
56,000
Speed
40 mph
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
NOVEMBER COLD MORNING VAN BACK BRAKE DRIVER SIDE LOCKED UP MOVED VAN BACK AND FORWARD WHEEL FREED UP. DECEMBER ON COLD MORNING BACK BRAKE LOCKED UP. AGAIN MOVED VAN BACK AND FORWARD WHEEL FREED UP. JUNE 9 2006 VAN WENT INTO A 30 MPH CURVE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT VAN SPEED INCREASED SENDING VAN INTO SPIN AND RAN INTO TREES. VAN DID 360 DEGREE SPIN AND STOPPED THEN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AFTER VAN STOPPED. INJURIES WERE A BROKEN LEFT WRIST AND BROKEN BREAST BONE A BROKEN NECK AT FIRST VERTEBRAE AND BROKEN MIDDLE BACK BONE. MANY BRUISES ON BREAST AND WAIST AND HEAD AND DRIVER AND BRUISED LEGS FROM AIRBAG. VAN WAS TOTALED. *JB