Accelerator Stuck problems of the 2000 Toyota Sienna

In summer of 2000, I had an accident in a 99 Toyota Sienna and my accelerator stuck causing me to have to put the car in reverse to stop forward motion after impact. I reported the stuck accelerator to dealer, and state farm. My car was totaled. The accident occurred at an intersection and another driver hit me from the right - he ran a red light and was cited as at fault, but after the impact, my car continued to go forward and although I had my foot on my brake all the way to the floor the car would not stop. I had my two young children in the car who were screaming in fear and pain, and there were two rows of cars in every direction stopped at the intersection. I looked at a concrete pillar in a parking lot and thought about running my car into it to stop. Instead, I reached for the gears and tried to shift to park. It went into reverse, and by some true miracle, I was able to miss all the sitting traffic and steer into a chain link fence. By yet another miracle, there was only one spot on the fence that was not tree lined. I backed between two trees into the fence and that stopped my car, which I left running as I got my two children out. A bystander was able to reach in and remove the keys and stop the car. The fence belonged to a catholic church which later sent a bill to my insurance company for the damage. This occurred in memphis, TN, and I have always been sure that the accelator was stuck in that incident. I was told to report it to the nthsa, but frankly, thought that sounded like redtape. I don't think the Toyota problem is mechanical or recent, but a massive, long-standing computer-based issue cover-up and Toyota drivers should be compensated by company.

Location-parking lot, raining, tires lost traction and accelerator stuck on full, brakes would not function. The vehicle propelled forward glancing off the back of a full sized pickup and deflected into a suburban where it finally stopped. No one was hurt but this situation could have been very serious if anyone had been near because I had very little control(steering only).