With the burgeoning number of vehicles in operation, the incidence of road accidents is also increasing. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.3 million people die on the roads every year, with the actual count rising continuously. Therefore, governments across the globe are making policies to impel automakers to install advanced safety features in automobiles. One of the most-common such features nowadays in four-wheelers is an airbag.
As per P&S Intelligence, with the strong government and individual focus on vehicle and passenger safety, the automotive airbag market will expand by a considerable degree in the coming years. If a vehicle comes to an abrupt stop, the airbags automatically inflate and stop people from banging their heads on the seat in front, doors and their windows, or on the front windshield, thus protecting them from severe cerebral trauma.
There are three types of airbags: curtain & side, knee, and front. Curtain & side airbags are deployed near doors and windows, to protect people from something hitting the vehicle from the side. Front airbags are deployed from within the steering and the side cabinet, thereby protecting people from smashing into the windshield, which can cause the glass to go through the skull. Knee airbags are deployed from the lower section of the front cabin, to protect people’s legs from getting sandwiched if the dashboard collapses into the vehicle floor.