Effectiveness of Knee Airbags Across Two Crash Paradigms

This study analyzed crash data from 414 frontal crash tests and police-reported data from 14 states to compare injury rates for drivers of vehicles with and without knee airbags. The police-reported data was not statistically significant with a very slight reduction in overall injury risk (from 7.9% to 7.4%) in those vehicles with knee airbags. The frontal crash tests found that knee airbags did not provide a substantial safety benefit. In fact, in some tests (small overlap tests) knee airbags were associated with worse injury outcomes.

• Record URL:
  https://www.iihs.org/api/datastoredocument/bibliography/2192
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• Summary URL:
  https://www.iihs.org/topics/bibliography/ref/2192
• Corporate Authors:

  Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

  Ruckersville, VA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Monfort, Samuel S
  • Mueller, Becky C
• Publication Date: 2019-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Crash injuries; Crash reports; Crash tests; Data analysis; Frontal crashes; Injury rates; Knee; Vehicle safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01722972
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 20 2019 9:38AM