Redesigned Airbags Safeguard Both Children and Grown-Ups

This article describes the conclusions of a blue ribbon panel’s evaluations of redesigned frontal airbags. Older, high-power airbags had been implicated in deaths and injuries of children in low-speed crashes, leading to a change in the law that permitted manufacturers to use lower power airbags in vehicles. The panel concluded that the new airbags protect children, while remaining effective for adults, including larger people in high speed crashes. Though the fatality rate did not rise for belted adults, fatality risk did increase for unbuckled drivers.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.iihs.org/iihs/sr/statusreport/archived/2008
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• Publication Date: 2008-6-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p 5
• Serial:
  • Status Report
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
  • ISSN: 0018-988X
  • Serial URL: https://www.iihs.org/status-report/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Children; Fatalities; Traffic crashes; Vehicle safety
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01105587
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 2008 3:25PM