Rollover Protection
In a new rule which will become fully effective in 2018 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will require automakers to have new safety features for side windows to keep occupants from being ejected during rollover crashes by cars and small trucks.
In a statement released with promulgation of the new rule, the Administration said, “Rollover crashes are the deadliest of all crash types, and this is another important step in our efforts to reduce fatalities and serious injuries that result from them.” There were 8,267 deaths in rollover crashes in 2009, and the NHTSA believes that the new rule, which applies to vehicles with a gross weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less, will prevent an average of 373 deaths and 476 serious injuries every year.
Manufacturers are expected to meet the new requirements by modifying side-impact air bag curtains, making them larger to cover more of the window opening and more robust to remain inflated longer and designing them to deploy in both side crashes and rollovers.
This is just one part of the agency’s program to improve the safety of occupants in rollover crashes which already includes stronger standards to keep roofs from being crushed.
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