WE WERE STOPPED AT A NEIGHBORHOOD INTERSECTION. AS WE BEGAN TO LET OFF OF THE BRAKE TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, THE CAR ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. DEPRESSING THE BRAKE HAD NO EFFECT ON THE ACCELERATION. BEFORE WE TURNED THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT TO BEGIN THE TURN, THE CAR HAD SPED ACROSS THE 35 FOOT STREET, JUMPED A 6 1/2 INCH CURB, WENT THROUGH A FENCE, ACROSS ANOTHER STREET, AND WAS STOPPED WHEN IT HIT A SECOND FENCE. THE TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED FROM BEING STOPPED AT THE CORNER UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY THE SECOND FENCE WAS 81 FEET. THE STREETS WERE DRY AND THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS ON THE ROAD. HOWEVER, DUE TO PREVIOUS RAINS, THE GRASS AREAS WERE MOIST. THERE ARE NO TIRE MARKS IN THE GRASS FROM THE CURB UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET BEFORE THE STOPPING POINT. THE FRONT LIFT OF THE PRIUS IS AROUND 7 1/2 INCHES. THE VEHICLE HAD TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT MOMENTUM TO GO OVER A 6 1/2 INCH CURB IN JUST 35 FEET. WE FILED A CLAIM WITH OUR INSURANCE ON JAN. 7 AND REQUESTED THAT THE VEHICLE BE INSPECTED FOR ACCELERATOR ISSUES. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO TOYOTA WHOM, UPON THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION, STATED THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ACCELERATION MALFUNCTION. THE CAR IS BEING REPAIRED AT A BODY SHOP WITH INITIAL DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT OVER $6000. WE HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR AS WELL AS THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AND MEASUREMENTS OF DISTANCES TRAVELED. IN 2009, WE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM TOYOTA CONCERNING FLOOR MAT ISSUES WITH OUR PRIUS. WE INSPECTED OUR FACTORY-INSTALLED FL