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| Faulty Takata airbag may have caused man's death in car crash, police say | Faulty Takata airbag may have caused man's death in car crash, police say |
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| A faulty Takata airbag is likely to have caused the death of a 58-year-old man who was involved in a serious car crash in Sydney a week ago, New South Wales police say. | A faulty Takata airbag is likely to have caused the death of a 58-year-old man who was involved in a serious car crash in Sydney a week ago, New South Wales police say. |
| The death is the first in Australia linked to the faulty airbags, which have claimed at least 18 lives around the world. | The death is the first in Australia linked to the faulty airbags, which have claimed at least 18 lives around the world. |
| The man was driving a Honda CRV, which slammed into another car at an intersection in Cabramatta in south-west Sydney on 13 July. | The man was driving a Honda CRV, which slammed into another car at an intersection in Cabramatta in south-west Sydney on 13 July. |
| A female passenger and two people in the other vehicle survived, but the 58-year-old died at the scene. | A female passenger and two people in the other vehicle survived, but the 58-year-old died at the scene. |
| “Investigations have revealed the death of the man is likely due to a fault in the airbag, causing the man to be struck in the neck by a small fragment,” NSW police said in a statement on Friday. The vehicle was the subject of a worldwide recall, the statement said. | “Investigations have revealed the death of the man is likely due to a fault in the airbag, causing the man to be struck in the neck by a small fragment,” NSW police said in a statement on Friday. The vehicle was the subject of a worldwide recall, the statement said. |
| Japanese airbag maker Takata faces tens of billions of dollars in costs and liabilities resulting from almost a decade of recalls and lawsuits. Its airbags have now been linked to at least 18 deaths around the world. | |
| The manufacturer has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Japan. | |
| Last week’s fatality was the first involving Takata airbags in Australia. | |
| However, in late April a 21-year-old Northern Territory woman suffered serious injuries when one of the faulty airbags failed to deploy properly during a crash in Darwin. | |
| She was struck in the head by a small metal fragment, NT Police said at the time. | |
| “This type of crash, in normal circumstances, would not have caused this level of injury,” Sergeant Mark Casey said. | |
| The recall covers about 100m vehicles worldwide and 2.1m in Australia. Police and the consumer group Choice urged drivers to check the list of vehicles recalled. | |
| “The tragic news out of New South Wales this evening is a terrible reminder to motorists to check whether their own vehicle is one of those on the recall list,” Choice spokesman Tom Godfrey said. | |
| “These potentially lethal products have already sparked the largest automotive recall in history and have killed more than a dozen people worldwide. | |
| “Toyota, Mazda, BMW, Subaru, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, FCA (Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep), Lexus and Ford all have vehicles impacted by the recall,” Godfrey said. |