ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 I WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR-END COLLISION. I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A TOWING TRUCK WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. I SPUN AROUND AND WENT INTO THE INTERSECTION. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE, A 2009 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. UPON INSPECTION I NOTED THAT THE BACK OF THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT (THE ONE I WAS SITTING IN) HAD COLLAPSED BACKWARD SO THAT THE BACK AND HEADREST WERE LAYING DOWN AND IN THE BACK (STILL ATTACHED TO THE SEAT HOWEVER). I WAS ALARMED AS IF I HAD SOMEONE IN THE BACK BEHIND ME THEY WOULD HAVE SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURY IF NOT DEATH. I WAS ALONE HOWEVER AND SUSTAINED SOME ACHES AND PAINS INCLUDING A NECK INJURY. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THE VEHICLE WILL BE TOTALED YET. I DO NOT KNOW IF I WILL HAVE ONGOING NECK ISSUES. I ASSUME THE BACK OF ONE'S SEAT IS TO REMAIN UPRIGHT IN A VEHICLE CRASH. I LOOKED ON LINE AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN MY FORD. *TR