Special Crash Investigations: Remote Non-Traffic Surveillance Power Window Entrapment Investigation; Vehicle: 2019 Toyota 4Runner; Location: Arizona; Incident Date: October 2021

This report documents the remote investigation of the death of a 2-year-old female involved in a power window entrapment incident in a parked 2019 Toyota 4Runner. This incident occurred during the evening in October 2021 in Arizona. The incident site was a private residence where a family was having a social gathering outside their home. The Toyota was parked in the driveway with the windows down. The ignition was switched to the "accessory" position to play music and the driver’s door was open. The child had entered the unattended vehicle on her own and was in the second-row right position in the vehicle. The child was found with her head hanging out the right-rear window with the window closed beneath her chin and her hand within reach of the window control. She was removed from the vehicle and transported to a local hospital in critical condition and later died. The medical examiners ruled her death an accident with the primary cause of death being asphyxia.

• Record URL:
  • https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813613
• Corporate Authors:

  Dynamic Science, Incorporated

  Mission Viejo, CA  United States  92692

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2024-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 19p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; Vehicle safety; Windows (Vehicles)
• Geographic Terms: Arizona
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01927283
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 813 613, 693JJ918C000012
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 14 2024 4:37PM