DRIVER MORTALITY IN FRONTAL CRASHES: COMPARISON OF NEWER AND OLDER AIRBAG DESIGNS

Front airbags are designed to protect occupants involved in frontal collisions and to work together with seat belts. Under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration amended its requirements for frontal crash performance to temporarily allow less severe tests of frontal crash performance for unbelted occupants. This study provides an analysis of the effects of changing airbag regulations on driver mortality. The overall findings indicate that passenger vehicles manufactured after the 1997 change in airbag testing regulations generally afforded equivalent or improved driver protection in frontal crashes. Pickup trucks were an exception, and further investigation of the crash experience of pickup truck drivers is recommended.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Taylor & Francis

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• Authors:
  • Braver, E R
  • Kyrychenko, S Y
  • Ferguson, S A
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 24-30
• Serial:
  • Traffic Injury Prevention
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1538-9588
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/15389588.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Design; Drivers; Fatalities; Frontal crashes; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00989573
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 19 2005 12:00AM