Received a question from a Washington State Fire Department concerned about a Ford Contour crash where the frontal airbags did not deploy.
Here's the question-
"We were reviewing an accident we responded to this morning and we were discussing why the airbags did not deploy in this accident.
Could you please possibly shed some light on it for us?
Situation: Roll over accident with ejection. Female driver in very critical condition at the time of this e-mail. The vehicle was a 1999 Ford Contour. The vehicle traveled over 75 yards before it came to a rest. It struck and sheered off a telephone pole and it sheered off a approx. 8 inch diameter tree about 8 feet off of the ground. The vehicle came to rest on it's top against another large tree. The vehicle's battery was thrown from the vehicle where it landed and split into two (right next to the patient's head). There were no obvious signs of braking prior to the vehicle leaving the roadway. The driver's side front strut, tire and wheel were torn off of the frame and thrown from the vehicle.
Whatever insight you could provide us with would be very helpful. Thank you for your time.
Here's the question-
"We were reviewing an accident we responded to this morning and we were discussing why the airbags did not deploy in this accident.
Could you please possibly shed some light on it for us?
Situation: Roll over accident with ejection. Female driver in very critical condition at the time of this e-mail. The vehicle was a 1999 Ford Contour. The vehicle traveled over 75 yards before it came to a rest. It struck and sheered off a telephone pole and it sheered off a approx. 8 inch diameter tree about 8 feet off of the ground. The vehicle came to rest on it's top against another large tree. The vehicle's battery was thrown from the vehicle where it landed and split into two (right next to the patient's head). There were no obvious signs of braking prior to the vehicle leaving the roadway. The driver's side front strut, tire and wheel were torn off of the frame and thrown from the vehicle.
Whatever insight you could provide us with would be very helpful. Thank you for your time.
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