Title page
Contents
Background 5
Summary 7
Crash Site 7
Ambulance Agency, Crew, and Transport Description 8
Pre-Crash 9
Crash 10
Post-Crash 12
2017 Ford Transit 250 13
Description 13
Type II Ambulance Patient Compartment 14
Vehicle Weight/Payload 15
Exterior Damage 15
Event Data Recorder 17
Interior Damage 19
Manual Restraint Systems 21
Supplemental Restraint Systems 22
Wheeled Ambulance Cot 24
Cot Fastening System 25
Cot and Fastener Damage 26
2017 Ford Transit 250 Occupants 27
Driver Demographics 27
Driver Injuries 27
Driver Kinematics 28
Patient Demographics 28
Patient Injuries 29
Patient Kinematics 29
EMT Demographics 29
EMT Injuries 30
EMT Kinematics 30
2016 Hyundai Sonata 32
Description 32
Exterior Damage 32
Event Data Recorder 34
Occupant Data 35
Crash Diagram 37
Appendix A: 2017 Ford Transit Event Data Recorder Report 38
Appendix B: 2016 Hyundai Sonata Event Data Recorder Report 61
Figure 1. Left plane view of the 2017 Ford Transit ambulance at the time of the SCI inspection 5
Figure 2. North-facing view of the roadway for the ambulance's pre-crash travel trajectory 7
Figure 3. East-facing view of the roadway and pre-crash approach for the Hyundai 7
Figure 4. North-looking screenshot of the traffic camera's surveillance video provided by the investigating law enforcement agency showing the ambulance... 10
Figure 5. Northeast-looking image of the ambulance at final rest (on-scene law enforcement image) 11
Figure 6. Northeast-looking image of the Hyundai at final rest (on-scene law enforcement image) 11
Figure 7. Left front oblique view of the 2017 Ford Transit Type II ambulance 13
Figure 8. Left front oblique view of an exemplar Ford Transit ambulance of the same agency 13
Figure 9. Forward-facing view of the ambulance's patient compartment at the time of the SCI inspection 14
Figure 10. Overhead perspective view of the Event 1 damage profile to the ambulance 15
Figure 11. View of the deformation to the ambulance's left front from the impact by the Hyundai 16
Figure 12. Left plane view of the ambulance and the side slap profile above the left rear axle position 16
Figure 13. View of the driver's position and the left side intrusions, including displacement of the steering wheel 19
Figure 14. Contact evidence on the bench seat from the EMT's posterior 20
Figure 15. Contact evidence on the front wall of the patient compartment from the EMT's face 21
Figure 16. View of the driver's seat belt webbing gathered in the latch plate 22
Figure 17. Multi-point harness systems available for bench seat occupants of the ambulance 22
Figure 18. Deployed driver's frontal air bag in the ambulance at the time of the SCI inspection 23
Figure 19. View of the deployed driver's seat-mounted side impact air bag at the time of the SCI inspection 24
Figure 20. View of the deployed left IC air bag in the ambulance at the time of the SCI inspection 24
Figure 21. View of the Stryker Performance Pro wheeled ambulance cot at the time of the SCI inspection 25
Figure 22. Forward-facing view of the Performance-LOAD fastener during the SCI inspection 25
Figure 23. Head-end view of the cot fastener system in the ambulance's patient compartment 26
Figure 24. Right front oblique view of the Hyundai at the time of the SCI inspection 32
Figure 25. View of the severe front plane damage profile from the Event 1 impact with the ambulance 33
Figure 26. View of the right plane damage from the side slap (Event 2) and rollover (Event 5) 33