Citation

Morris A, Fildes BN, Digges KH, Dalmotas DJ, Langwieder K. Proc. Int. Tech. Conf. Enhanced Safety Vehicles 1998; 1998: 983-988.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, In public domain, Publisher National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

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Abstract

In this study, an attempt was made to compare injury rates to restrained occupants in airbag deployed and non-airbag deployed vehicles in four different countries. Analyses were conducted both on "raw" data-sets and also with assumptions that injuries to the lower limbs are unaffected through interaction with a deploying airbag. This study reveals problems with comparing data from more than one country and highlights a requirement for a harmonised global approach to accident data collection particularly with a corresponding growth in vehicle export markets.