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Review of Airbags Safety and It’s Injuries

Mr. Yogesh Dhole, Mr. Vikas Fatke, Prof. Saket Burkul

Abstract


In today’s world the leading cause of injury are motor vehicle accidents. It is found that deaths in frontal crashes are reduced by front air bags. Conjunction with seat belts airbags have been decrease morbidity and mortality associated with vehicle accidents. Hence, we can say that air bags are one of the most important safety innovations of recent decades, providing protection for people during an accident. To improve head and neck safety significantly in side impact crash testing a side-curtain airbags are also provided in vehicle. This paper provides a series of injuries associated with deployment of airbags and to present recent innovations on air bags. The purpose of study was by reducing the risk of injury assess the efficiency of air bags.

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