The impact of airbags and electronic stability control on Australian light vehicle fatalities.

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Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE)
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Abstract

This Information Sheet presents estimates of the impact of airbags and electronic stability control (ESC) on fatalities in light vehicle crashes. It is estimated that frontal airbags have reduced light vehicle fatalities by 13 per cent, side airbags have reduced light vehicle fatalities by 4 per cent, and that ESC has reduced light vehicle fatalities by 6 per cent. Together, these measures are estimated to have reduced light vehicle fatalities by 23 per cent. This may account for the equivalent of around half the reduction in the fatality rate, per kilometre travelled, since 2007. The impacts of side airbags and ESC will increase as newer vehicles filter through the fleet. (Author/publisher)

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20150775 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Canberra, Australian Government, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics BITRE, 2015, 6 p., 16 ref.; Information Sheet ; No. 68 - ISSN 1440-9593 / ISBN 978-1-922205-84-1

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