Saving lives

Air bags reduce the chance of an upper body or head injury during a crash. According to NHTSA data:

❚ In frontal crashes, frontal air bags reduce driver fatalities by 29% and fatalities of front-seat passengers age 13 and older by 32%.

❚ NHTSA estimates that the combination of an air bag plus a seat belt reduces the risk of death in frontal crashes by 61%.

❚ From 1987-2015, frontal air bags saved 44,869 lives.

❚ In 2016, air bags are estimated to have saved 2,756 people.