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REDESIGNED AIR BAG CASES October 1, 1997 - October 1, 1999 |
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REDESIGNED AIR BAG CASES October 1, 1997 - October 1, 1999 |
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A. NOTIFICATION SOURCES |
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| NHTSA | PARTNERS | |||
| 1. | Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) | AIAM | ||
| 2. | National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) | |||
| 3. | CIREN | |||
| 4. | Other (law enforcement, NHTSA regions, SCI investigators, etc.) | |||
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B. CASES |
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| NHTSA | PARTNERS | |||
| 1. | Total Number of Cases: * | 249 | 98 | |
| 2. | Number of cases under active investigation: | 171 | ||
| 3. | Number of cases under review: | 24 | ||
| 4. | Number of cases available to the public: | 54 | 98 | |
| * Note: Four NHTSA cases contain two redesigned air bag vehicles (DS9816, IN9918/98-41-099, 98-43-212, and DS9827. | ||||
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C. VEHICLES BY MANUFACTURER |
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| NHTSA | PARTNERS | |||
| 1. | Daimler-Chrysler | 40 | 22 | |
| 2. | Ford | 70 | 32 | |
| 3. | General Motors | 94 | 37 | |
| 4. | Honda | 15 | 4 | |
| 5. | Hyundai | 0 | 1 | |
| 6. | Kia | 1 | 0 | |
| 7. | Mitsubishi | 3 | 0 | |
| 8. | Nissan | 9 | 2 | |
| 9. | Subaru | 1 | 0 | |
| 10. | Toyota | 19 | 0 | |
| 11. | Volkswagen | 1 | 0 | |
| 253 | 98 | |||
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D. NHTSA CRITERIA |
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| Beginning December 1, 1999 crashes
with a deployment of a redesigned air bag will be selected based on the
following criteria:
Any air bag equipped 1999 model year or newer passenger car or light truck that meets at least one of the following: |
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| 1. | The crash configuration is a frontal (principal direction of force = 11,12, or 01 o'clock), and a child (12 years old or younger) is in a seat position protected by a deployed redesigned air bag, regardless of injury and crash severity. | |||
| 2. | The crash configuration is a frontal (principal direction of force = 11,12, or 01 o'clock), is not a rollover, and an adult in a seat position protected by a deployed redesigned air bag receives fatal injuries | |||
| 3. | Any crash involving a 2000 model year or newer passenger car or light truck equipped with smart or advanced air bag systems. These systems include but are not limited to multi-stage inflations, systems with capabilities of detecting out-of-position occupants, etc. | |||
| E. | See the attached NHTSA Redesigned Air Bag Case Summary, dated 10/01/99, for a list of NHTSA"Active", "Under Review" and, "Available" redesigned air bag cases. | |||
| F. | See attached Partners Redesigned Air Bag Case Summary, dated 10/01/99, for "Available" cases completed by Partners. | |||
| G. | The following cases appear on the SCI report of Monthly Counts for Air Bag Deployment Related Fatalities and Seriously Injured Persons | |||
| IN9902
IN9830 CA9925 CA9912 CA9855 |
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