# 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `766610` · 2010-02-24 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** CAMRY
- **Year:** 2005
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Miles at failure:** 73,569
- **Speed:** 65 mph
## Narrative
TOYOTA CAMRY 2005 V-6. AS ACCELERATED VEHICLE TO MERGE ON HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP OR CONTROL ANY STEERING. I WAS IN THE LT. LANE WITH A DIESEL TRUCK NEXT TO ME. I NEEDED TO MERGE SOON SO LOOKED DOWN TO CUPHOLDER, GRABBED MY SLURPEE WHILE ACCELERATING, THE CAR HIT THE RT. LANE PADS AND WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN, I STEERED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING THE TRUCK,THE CAR WAS OUT OF CONTROL I SCREAMED  "OH MY GOD, WHAT'S HAPPENING" HIT THE CEMENT HIGHWAY DIVIDER AT WHICH TIME I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. THE CARE WENT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND FLEW OFF THE SOUTH BOUND FREEWAY, STOPPING IN A DITCH. I WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE DRIVERS SEAT AND DOOR, UNABLE TO MOVE. I WAS NOW A TRAUMA PATIENT, SEVERING MY SPLEEN, FRACTURING 4 RIBS, INTERNAL BLEEDING AND A SURGICAL PATIENT FOR REMOVAL OF MY SPLEEN, TRANSFUSIONS AND A TUBE SUCKING MY INTERNAL BLEED THROUGH A PUMP WHICH DELIVERED MY BLOOD BACK INTO MY VEINS. HOSPITALIZATION FOR 7 DAYS, UNABLE TO EAT, ICE CHIPS ONLY FOR 6 DAYS. 30+ STAPLES UP MY STOMACH AND A NEW DIGESTIVE PROCESS FOREVER. I KNEW THE CAR SPED UP WHEN I ACCELERATED TO MERGE AND AS I TRIED TO STOP THE CAR BY PUSHING ON THE BRAKES, IT WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY SEEMED TO GO OFF THE ROAD IN THE LT LANE FISHTAILING WHILE I BRAKED. FORTUNATELY I DID LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS AND DID NOT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE DURING THE ACCIDENT. I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THIS AND HAVE DRIVEN FOR APPROX. 32 YEARS WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I KNOW THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP WHICH 
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