SAFETY FIRST

■ Carmakers are estimated to have used 3 million airbags during 2017-18

■ Maruti Suzuki has seen a three-fold jump in its airbag demand over the past three years

■ Toyota has seen its demand for airbags double in the past two years

■ Govt has mandated that all new car models launched from October 2017 must have airbags

■ Existing models need to comply with this requirement from October 2019

■ Dual airbags became a standard offering across the Honda car line up since April 2017