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A preliminary evaluation of passenger airbag effectiveness in Australia
conference contribution
posted on 2017-03-10, 09:22 authored by Andrew MorrisAndrew Morris, Jo BarnesJo Barnes, Brian FildesA preliminary case-control study of passenger airbag
deployments in frontal crashes (in which a passenger
was present) was undertaken. The study was
conducted as part of an on-going study of vehicle
crash performance and occupant injury at Monash
University Accident Research Centre (MUARC). The
results of this preliminary study suggest that the US
experience of fatalities caused by interaction of the
passenger with the deploying airbag is not shared in
Australia. This is probably because the seat-belt use
in this study was 100%. These preliminary results
reinforce the view that such airbags should be used as
supplementary restraint systems.
Further studies are planned to monitor the
performance of passenger-airbags and to provide
more in-depth analyses when more data become
available.
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ESV 17 Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of VehiclesPages
1 - 7 (7)Citation
MORRIS, A., BARNES, J. and FILDES, B., 2001. A preliminary evaluation of passenger airbag effectiveness in Australia. ESV 17, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, 7pp.Publisher
Monash University Accident Research Centre, AustraliaVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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2001Notes
This is a conference paper.Book series
Monash University Accident Research Centre, Australia;Paper number 169Language
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