Title page
Contents
Background 5
Summary 6
Crash Site 6
Pre-Crash 6
Crash 6
Post-Crash 7
2002 Volvo S60 8
Vehicle Description 8
Vehicle History 8
Exterior Damage 8
Event Data Recorder 9
NHTSA Recalls and Investigations 10
Interior Damage 10
Manual Restraint Systems 10
Supplemental Restraints System 10
Air Bag Inflator Rupture Discussion 11
2002 Volvo S60 Occupant 14
Driver Demographics 14
Driver Injuries 14
Driver Kinematics 15
2016 Buick Royal 16
Vehicle Description 16
Exterior Damage 16
Occupant Data 16
Crash Diagram 17
Figure 1. Driver frontal air bag, 2002 Volvo S60 5
Figure 2. Overhead view of the Volvo's southbound travel into intersection 6
Figure 3. Final rest for the 2016 Buick Regal, looking southwest (police image) 7
Figure 4. Final rest, 2002 Volvo S60, looking north (yellow arrow shows impacts 2 and 3, orange arrows show undercarriage gouge) (police image) 7
Figure 5. Front/right damage, 2002 Volvo S60 9
Figure 6. Front/left damage, 2002 Volvo S60 9
Figure 7. Driver frontal air bag, 2002 Volvo S60 11
Figure 8. Driver frontal air bag inflator, attached to the vehicle, 2002 Volvo S60 11
Figure 9. Driver frontal air bag, 2002 Volvo S60 12
Figure 10. Air bag module cap, 2002 Volvo S60 12
Figure 11. Back of air bag, air bag module, 2002 Volvo S60 12
Figure 12. Back of air bag module (close up), 2002 Volvo S60 12
Figure 13. Metal fragments extracted from the driver's neck during autopsy 12
Figure 14. Air bag labeling, 2002 Volvo S60 13
Figure 15. Left front, 2016 Buick Regal (police image) 16
Figure 16. Left front, 2016 Buick Regal (police image) 16