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A preliminary evaluation of passenger airbag effectiveness in Australia

A 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 resu...

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Main Authors: Andrew Morris, Jo Barnes, Brian Fildes
Format: Default Conference proceeding
Published: 2001
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/24354
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Jo Barnes
Brian Fildes
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description A 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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spelling rr-article-93387802001-01-01T00:00:00Z A preliminary evaluation of passenger airbag effectiveness in Australia Andrew Morris (1258926) Jo Barnes (1258872) Brian Fildes (570868) Design not elsewhere classified untagged Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified A 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. 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/24354 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/A_preliminary_evaluation_of_passenger_airbag_effectiveness_in_Australia/9338780 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Jo Barnes
Brian Fildes
A preliminary evaluation of passenger airbag effectiveness in Australia
title A preliminary evaluation of passenger airbag effectiveness in Australia
title_full A preliminary evaluation of passenger airbag effectiveness in Australia
title_fullStr A preliminary evaluation of passenger airbag effectiveness in Australia
title_full_unstemmed A preliminary evaluation of passenger airbag effectiveness in Australia
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url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/24354