Executive and tabular summary of air bag field experience. Volume 1, no. 1
Abstract
Narrative summaries and tables which describe a total of 119 accidents occurring during the past 4 years involving air bag equipped cars are presented. The information was extracted from the NHTSA in-depth reports by accident investigation teams from five regional research stations. In each case, the following data are included: data, location, DOT HS number, type of impact, year and make of air bag equipped vehicle, type of accident, year and make of other vehicle(s) involved, speed of impact, driver and passenger(s) information, their injury code, damage to the vehicle, and damage code.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- April 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977STIN...7730302C
- Keywords:
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- Accident Prevention;
- Air Bag Restraint Devices;
- Automobile Accidents;
- Collisions;
- Impact Damage;
- Inflatable Structures;
- Engineering (General)