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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

Honda 500

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20130104-7BFB0-2147460250

Ownership age

About 57 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Electrical shock / short

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130104-7BFB0-2147460250. Severity: Injury, Hospital Admission. Matched catalog product: Honda 500. Source model text: TRX 500FA ATV. Incident: I was driving my 2006 Honda TRX 500 ATV on August 8, 2012 when it started going faster and faster and I could not stop it. It hit a short brick wall and threw me in to the corner of the house. I suffered a broken collar bone, broken ribs and a ruptured spline. I nearly died from my injuries.

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Official report number: 20130104-7BFB0-2147460250. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.