One year ago today my Tacoma saved my life

On January 23, 2016 I was driving my 2015 TRDORAC on a frontage road at about 35 mph. Several seconds before I got to an intersection the light turned green for traffic going my direction. There was a wall on my left which blocked the view of traffic coming from that direction. As I entered the intersection a full size GMC blew through the light from my left and I hit the front wheel on its passenger side head on. I don't remember seeing the other truck or even having a chance to react. The next thing I remember is my truck settling 90 degrees to the right of the direction I was travelling and the smell of gun powder from the airbags.

Here's the result of the impact. The blue truck on the right in the first pictures is the one that went through the stop light.







My truck had only 5800 miles on it. Prior to it I drove a 1993 Toyota Pickup for 20 years with no airbags and limited crumple zones. My wife say this truck was meant to be in the one I was driving when the accident happened. I just know that the safety engineered into it worked. I ended up with a broken collar bone, probably from the seat belt, had surgery on it a few days later, and today I'm good to go with some extra titanium.

The upside is that I now have 2015 TRDORDC. While I miss my old truck the new one and I are getting along famously.

 

Holy shit. Glad you're ok.

 

Thanks man. So's my wife

(Oh, and me too!)

 

I have a 2015, good to know the safety gear works as intended.

 

Yes, and I hope you never have the chance to test it!

 

Glad you're ok bud. Glad that engineering saved you and glad to have you as a friend.

Btw did you know you've got snakes in your airbags?

 

Tacoma's saving lives

 

LOL, why I hadn't noticed before. Thanks for pointing that out (I'm guessing you may have them, too)

You and others in the cave sure helped out when I was laid up. And when it came time to find another truck all of you were right there.

Tacomaworld rocks!

 

Wow. That won't buff out...................

 

*Almost*?? Come on, you know you don't want to go to the dark side. Besides, I've already done the hard testing for ya!

 

and the front winder didn't even break. That's Toyota quality

 

That's the thing MsWalla always commented on; except for the airbags everything in the cab appeared normal. I sure didn't realize things were as bad as they were until I crawled out.

 

Wow. What kind of bull bar was that?

 

Bull bars save lives.

Glad you're good to go OP.

 

Avid from @brandonaz. One week old - dammit.

 

I know those feels. The wheels and tires on my 99 were about 3 weeks old when the truck was totalled

 

Thanks man. All you guys in the cave were a real lift after a bad situation. I really appreciated it. Still do.

 

Thank you sir. She was toasted this evening. I still miss her *sniff*