# 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS — TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `832710` · 2010-12-25 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** PRIUS
- **Year:** 2010
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
- **Miles at failure:** 30,000
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
ACCIDENT 12/22/10    TURNED LEFT AS I PULLED INTO PARKING SPACE NEAREST TO HANDICAPPED SPOT.  IT WAS VERY SUNNY AND THERE WAS A PATCH OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE ICE.  AS THE CAR WENT OVER THAT SPOT IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE.  I APPLIED THE BRAKE, ONLY TO FIND MYSELF HITTING THE CURB.  AFTER HITTING THE CURB THE CAR LURCHED OVER THE CURB AND I CONTINUED APPLYING THE BRAKE.  IN A FRACTION OF A SECOND MY CAR WAS ON THE SIDE WALK, JUST BEFORE IMPACT WITH THE WALL I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE BECAUSE THE CAR DID NOT SEEM TO BE RESPONDING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.  IT WAS OVER IN SECONDS.  BRICKS DENTED IN THE BUILDING, SMASHED GLASS.  I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND INTO THE PARKING SPOT.  HEAD SPINNING AS TO HOW THIS HAPPENED.  I WALKED INTO THE STORE AND APOLOGIZED.  THERE WAS GLASS DUST STILL HANGING IN THE AIR.  THE WOMAN INSIDE SAID 'CALL THE POLICE'.  I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.  I WAS EAGER TO DEMONSTRATED THAT I WASN'T DRUNK NOR USING ILLEGAL DRUGS.  I OFFERED TO TAKE A BREATHILIZER, BUT THEY THOUGHT THAT WASN'T NECESSARY.    *TR
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