Creepy

GnatGoSplat · July 25, 2005

I saw this on the local news last night and it creeped me out a bit, especially since it happened to a fellow Silverado owner:

News Article

Accident kills man from Springfield
by KY3 News

HALLTOWN, Mo. -- An accident on Interstate 44 killed a man from Springfield and injured his son on Sunday afternoon. The Missouri Highway Patrol says 55-year old Michael P. Snyder's truck crossed the median about 10 miles west of Springfield and skidded out of control.

The truck flipped over and collided with a van, driven by a man from Oklahoma. Michael J. Snyder was ejected from the truck.

Michael P. Snyder died from his injuries. Michael J. Snyder, 27, suffered serious injuries and is being treated at a hospital in Springfield.

They were in an '04 Silverado Z71.

The top didn't look that collapsed in the news footage I saw, kind of makes me wonder if it had seen the jaws-of-life before being flatbedded.

The part that really creeps me out is the guy that died was seatbelted, according to the police report, so other than losing control, he really didn't do anything wrong. The hit to the minivan was real light, so it had to be the roll that killed him.

Scary, really scary.

az'03Silverado · July 25, 2005

All the airbags and seatbelts in the world won't do anygood if the vehicle is on it's top. That's almost 3 tons coming down on the roof. Sometimes even the simplest accidents can do big damage. That's too bad, though. I feel bad for his family.

MrQuadrasteer · July 25, 2005

Terrible.

Y'all be safe out there.

blastero · July 27, 2005

If you were to place a nbs truck upside down on its roof would it collaspe and flatten out? I hope not! I saw a Mercedes suv that was in a accident and it ended up on its roof, the roof did not collaspe.

99-2door · July 27, 2005

If you were to place a nbs truck upside down on its roof would it collaspe and flatten out? I hope not! I saw a Mercedes suv that was in a accident and it ended up on its roof, the roof did not collaspe.

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If you "placed" it upside down, no it would not. If you roll the truck at 70 mph and flip it 3 times and it lands on the roof.... yeah probably will

Ag96 · July 28, 2005

I rolled my nbs '99 Silverado back in '01. I was doing about 50 mph when it rolled 1 1/2 times. I was wearing my seatbelt and the airbags didn't go off. I guess since there was no frontal impact. I was very lucky and only had a cut on my leg from the window glass.

My side took the brunt of the roll, but I was impressed with the way the rest of the cab held up.

The guy who ran me off the rode pulled over, saw me climb out of the truck and then took off.

MrQuadrasteer · July 28, 2005

Kinda along these lines... I just got a recall notice on the center rear seatbelt- anyone else ??

GnatGoSplat · July 28, 2005

I rolled my nbs '99 Silverado back in '01. I was doing about 50 mph when it rolled 1 1/2 times. I was wearing my seatbelt and the airbags didn't go off. I guess since there was no frontal impact. I was very lucky and only had a cut on my leg from the window glass.

Holy crap! That's lucky you came out okay.

Looks like ext cabs might be a little stronger with the additional pillars.

My wife told me she also read about this story in the paper and it had more details and pics.

Newspaper article link (online version)

Looks like the roof collapse was pretty bad. I think current federal standards say it has to withstand 1.5x the vehicle weight. A lot of European companies like to surpass this standard, even launching their vehicles off some kind of angled platform to ensure it can roll multiple times without roof collapse. I guess it would be asking too much for an American company to take that kind of incentive.

itasca · July 28, 2005

Looks like ext cabs might be a little stronger with the additional pillars.

Extended cabs have additional pillars?

That has always been a question I've had about extended cabs. Open both doors on the same side, and thats one long, wide open hole with no support in the middle. The doors seem so sloppy to me. Everything shakes and shudders more when you close the doors. I'm sure that when closed, the doors themselves do add structural integrity to the cab, but not to the same extent as stationary pillars do. Makes a person wonder if a full roll cage wouldn't be the way to go!

Unless you meant to say "crew" cabs, they do have an additional pillar between the doors on each side.

99-2door · July 28, 2005

Looks like ext cabs might be a little stronger with the additional pillars.

Extended cabs have additional pillars?

That has always been a question I've had about extended cabs. Open both doors on the same side, and thats one long, wide open hole with no support in the middle. The doors seem so sloppy to me. Everything shakes and shudders more when you close the doors. I'm sure that when closed, the doors themselves do add structural integrity to the cab, but not to the same extent as stationary pillars do. Makes a person wonder if a full roll cage wouldn't be the way to go!

Unless you meant to say "crew" cabs, they do have an additional pillar between the doors on each side.

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I have seen a lot of rolled NBS trucks, and I have never seen one that the rear doors came open on. In fact they are nearly impossible to get open, nearly always have to cut them off. It seems like the strongest point on the NBS ext. cab is right above the rear doors.

GnatGoSplat · July 28, 2005

That has always been a question I've had about extended cabs. Open both doors on the same side, and thats one long, wide open hole with no support in the middle. The doors seem so sloppy to me. Everything shakes and shudders more when you close the doors. I'm sure that when closed, the doors themselves do add structural integrity to the cab, but not to the same extent as stationary pillars do. Makes a person wonder if a full roll cage wouldn't be the way to go!

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I guess I was just thinking of mine, it's a 3dr.

I've often wished I had the 4th dr, but maybe I should be happy mine has more pillars for strength. I do believe the doors add to the structural integrity of the cab. There are instructions in the GM service info on safe places where the door pillars can be sectioned for collision repair.

My 3rd door actually seems pretty solid to me... It only seems sloppy when it's not shut all the way.