Almost one-third of traffic fatalities occur in side-impact crashes, and new research suggests as many as 2,000 lives a year could be saved by equipping every vehicle with side airbags. In 2004, ...

GM has filed a patent application for an under-thigh side-impact airbag system for a vehicle. The application was assigned patent number US 2025/0065838 A1 with the United States Patent and Trademark ...

In the future, airbags may not be relegated to the interior of a car. On Wednesday, German auto supplier ZF showed off its prototype external airbag system, which aims to provide an extra safety net ...

When the concept of adding airbags to the outside of a vehicle has come up in the past, it’s strictly been for the sake of pedestrian protection. Both General Motors and Volvo have, at one tine, ...

With the exception of fleet sales, all vehicles will have head-protecting side airbags as well as improved front structural components that better absorb crash energy. This comes in advance of a ...

Citing statistics from the U.S. government and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, General Motors says airbags have saved nearly 14,000 lives since 1987 and side airbags are “very effective” ...

The National Highway;Traffic Safety Administration has adopted new regulations that'll require automakers to equip vehicles with additional front-passenger side-impact protection for the head and ...

TRW has unveiled side impact airbags that help adapt occupant protection to the variables of a crash including occupant size and crash severity. The 3D Side Airbag and the Inward Side Impact Airbag ...

German automotive supplier ZF has presented a new external airbag system for passenger vehicles, which is designed to soften the initial impact in broadside accidents. The “pre-crash safety system,” ...

Side impact airbags were the next innovation in airbag technology, first introduced in 1994 by the safety conscious Swedes at Volvo. The then-burgeoning Korean automaker Kia was the first company to ...

Topic: Airbag location update Objective: Improve rescue team understanding of the location and function of the Toyota Sienna front-passenger seat-cushion airbag Task: Explain how the presence of an ...