Title page
Contents
Background 5
Summary 7
Crash Site 7
Pre-Crash 7
Crash 7
Post-Crash 8
2006 Ford Ranger 9
Description 9
Vehicle History 10
NHTSA Recalls and Investigations 10
Exterior Damage 11
Event Data Recorder 12
Interior Damage 12
Manual Restraint Systems 13
Supplemental Restraint Systems 13
Driver's Frontal Air Bag and Inflator Rupture 14
Passenger's Frontal Air Bag 17
2006 Ford Ranger Occupant 19
Driver Demographics 19
Driver Injuries 19
Driver Kinematics 19
2005 Nissan Armada 21
Description 21
Exterior Damage 21
Crash Diagram 22
Appendix A: Event Data Recorder Report for 2006 Ford Ranger 23
Figure 1. Front-right oblique view of the damage to the 2006 Ford Ranger 5
Figure 2. Southbound view of the crash site and the final rest position of the Nissan (image obtained from an online mapping software) 7
Figure 3. Oblique view of the Nissan at its final rest position (image obtained from an online mapping software) 8
Figure 4. Overhead view of the Ford 9
Figure 5. Frontal damage to the Ford 11
Figure 6. Overhead view of the crush profile to the Ford 11
Figure 7. Left lateral view of the Ford's interior 13
Figure 8. Frictional abrasions to the polymer surface of the D-ring from the driver loading 14
Figure 9. Overall view of the tear in the face of the deployed driver's frontal air bag prior to removal from the Ford 14
Figure 10. View of the tear in the fabric on the back side of the driver's frontal air bag in the Ford 15
Figure 11. Tear to the lower left quadrant face of the driver's frontal air bag removed from the Ford 15
Figure 12. Tear to the back side of the driver's frontal air bag removed from the Ford 15
Figure 13. Close-up image of the center aspect of the Ford's steering wheel and the driver's frontal air bag squib separated during the deployment 16
Figure 14. Back side of the driver's frontal air bag module and inflator removed from the Ford 16
Figure 15. Front aspect of the inflator depicting the separated top area of the Ford's inflator. The separated (missing) fragment penetrated the air bag... 17
Figure 16. Deployed passenger's frontal air bag in the 2006 Ford Ranger 17
Figure 17. Exterior damage to the Nissan Armada (street-view image obtained from an internet mapping website) 21