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A 57-year-old man involved in a chain collision along the Seletar Expressway (SLE) in 2022 was found to have been killed by a foreign metal object discharged from a defective Takata airbag.It was stated in a coroner's court on Monday (Sept 29) that this is thFirst Takata airbag death in Singapore: Driver killed by metallic object from steering wheel following SLE accident
A 57-year-old man involved in a chain collision along the Seletar Expressway (SLE) in 2022 was found to have been killed by a foreign metal object discharged from a defective Takata airbag.It was stated in a coroner's court on Monday (Sept 29) that this is the first death in Singapore involving the airbag, which has a defect that may cause metal shrapnel to be ejected when deployed, CNA reported.Over the past decade, more than 100 million vehicles fitted with Takata airbag inflators have been recalled worldwide, including 67 million in the United States, reported Reuters in 2024.To date, in Singapore, 198,800 vehicles with the airbag issue have been recalled, with a completion rate of 94 per cent, the court heard.Michael Ong was driving along the SLE at about 8am on Oct 10, 2022 when he got into in a chain collision involving six cars.His vehicle, fifth in the collision, had an impact with the car ahead that was «quite extensive». Of all the vehicles involved, only Ong's airbags were deployed, reported CNAOng was taken unconscious to hospital in traumatic arrest and was pronounced dead later that morning. Read more