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1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — STRUCTURE:BODY

crash1 injured · 992882 · 2013-07-10

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
SILVERADO 1500
Year
1999
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
STRUCTURE:BODY
Miles at failure
150,000
Speed
25 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO DRIVE AROUND A SHARP BEND, WHEN I PRESSED ON MY BRAKE PEDAL AND IT DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. I THEN DOWN SHIFTED, BUT COULD NOT STOP. BEFORE MY TRUCK PLUMMETED DOWN A WOODED HILL ( THE HILL BEING APPROX 50-60 YARDS LONG) I JUMPED FROM MY TRUCK, BUT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN MY TRUCK AND A STATIONARY VEHICLE. I WAS THEN CRUSHED, AS MY TRUCK PROCEEDED TO PLUMMET DOWN THE HILL. THIS ALL CAUSING THE STATIONARY CAR TO HAVE SCRAPES, AND A DENT WHERE MY BODY WAS, AND CAUSING SEVERE BRUISING, SWELLING AND ABRASIONS OF MY UPPER LEGS, HIPS, AND BUTTOCK, AND I WAS UNABLE TO WALK FOR 3 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT BECAUSE OF LEG WEAKNESS, EVERY TIME I WOULD PUT WEIGHT ON MY RIGHT LEG IT WOULD GIVE OUT, AND CAUSE A SEVERE SHOOTING PAIN UP MY LEG INTO MY LOWER BACK, AND WAS UNABLE TO WORK FOR A WEEK. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10524202
Machine
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