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Four impacts, five ignition cycles — one collision sequence?
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Case question
Why can a single loss produce several stored impact records?
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What the evidence showed
A Toyota 4Runner report showed four “Most Recent” impact records, all associated with the same five-ignition-cycle recency. The sequence included roll motion and lateral impact records of different severities.
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Practical takeaway
Multiple records can belong to one collision sequence. Recency, timing, delta-V direction and restraint data should be reconciled before treating records as separate accidents.
The source evidence exhibit is provided below.
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Evidence exhibit
Complete Crash Data Records table from the Toyota 4Runner report, including the delta-V recording-limit footnote. Identifying report headers and collection-date banner omitted.
