Samenvatting
Advances in two wheeler rider safety have not kept pace with that of automobile rider safety. One of the safety systems in consideration, of late,has been deployment of airbags [Ijima et al, 1998]. Some of the limitations perceived in deploying airbags are that two wheeler riders are less likely to be in a fixed location with respect to the airbag at the point of impact and the lack of a supporting surface. The nature of these impact has been analysed in simulation for a proposed airbag system to estimate the head accelerations when the initial contact with the airbag is during the deployment phase. For the covering abstract see ITRD E134311.