Airbags are a safety mechanism proven to be effective in reducing the severity and fatality of traffic accidents.1 Nevertheless, airbag deployment has induced multiple injuries; superficial abrasions, contusions, lacerations, and thermal and chemical burns are the most common.2-4 A 21-year-old man was seen by the dermatologist on duty for facial burns and eye injury secondary to the sudden depl...

Despite the widespread availability of airbags and a belt use rate of over 85%, U.S. drivers involved in crashes continue to be at risk of serious thoracic injury. One hypothesis is that this risk may be due to the lack of airbag deployment or the airbag ‘bottoming-out’ in some cases. The objective of this study is to determine the incidence and thoracic injury risk of direct steering wheel con...

Airbag systems are important to a car’s safety protection system. To further improve the reliability of system, this paper analyzes failure mechanism automotive airbag and establishes dynamic fault tree model. The model is transformed into continuous-time Bayesian network by introducing unit step function an impulse function, from which probability system calculated. Finally, average life calcu...

The number of functionalities, sensors and control units in modern vehicles is increasing permanently. In spite of this, the OEMs aim to minimize these numbers to reduce complexity, effort and cost. Thus it is very important to find the most suitable E/E-architecture jointly with the OEM in order to cope with these challenges. Furthermore, the repartitioning of content in the safety domain offe...

Pole side impact crash tests are in use in regulatory and consumer programs around the world. There is some diversity in the test methods that are applied, including the suitability of available side impact dummies for use in these tests. For the WorldSID 50 percentile adult male dummy, much theoretical discussion has focussed on the likely rib response, including the direction of this response...

INTRODUCTION This case of a man who sustained an airbag-induced thoracic injury and burn, highlights the potential harm that can be caused by airbags. It also serves to illustrate that a surface burn which looks small and benign can actually be a surface marker of a more serious injury. Staff working in emergency departments need to be aware of the risk of possible airbag-associated injuries. ...