# 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `899262` · 2012-01-09 · Hyundai Motor America
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** HYUNDAI
- **Model:** ELANTRA
- **Year:** 2006
- **Manufacturer:** Hyundai Motor America
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Speed:** 140 mph
## Narrative
ON THE AFTERNOON OF 2/19/2011, WAS DRIVING ABOVE VEHICLE. WHILE ADJUSTING INTO A PARKING SPACE (GOING VERY  SLOWLY), CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO TOP SPEED (140 MPH?) I THEN ATTEMPTED TO STOP CAR BY DRIVING ON THE  NEAREST SIDEWALK TO AVOID HITTING CARS ON STREET.  AT THIS TOP SPEED I CRASHED INTO A CHAIN LINK FENCE TEARING  IT DOWN AND THEN TURNED AND FINALLY STOPPED BY HITTING A TREE.  MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT CAR WAS TOTALED AND  I WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL IN NORTHEAST PHILA. WITH SEVERE INJURIES.  MY RIGHT ARM WAS BROKEN IN  TWO PLACES REQUIRING SURGERY AND MY RIBS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED.  BOTH LEGS WERE EXTREMELY BRUISED.    I SPENT TWO WEEKS IN TWO PHILA. AREA HOSPITALS AND THEN A MONTH IN A NURSING HOME IN WARMINSTER, PA.  UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO WALK WITHOUT ASSISTANCE.  AM STILL REQUIRED TO USE A CANE.  *TR
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