Editing Airbag (section)

=== Airbag fatality statistics ===
From 1990 to 2000, the United States NHTSA identified 175 fatalities caused by airbags. Most of these (104) have been children. About 3.3 million airbag deployments have occurred during that interval, and the agency estimates more than 6,377 lives were saved and countless injuries were prevented.<ref name="NHTSAAirBag" /><ref name=BohrAAA2>The statement "they've saved some 26,000 lives, according to estimates from the ... (NHTSA)" has been published. {{Citation| last = Bohr | first = Peter |date=July–August 2010 |title=Air Time |periodical=AAA World |volume=12 |issue=4 |page=24}}</ref>

A rear-facing infant restraint put in the front seat of a vehicle places an infant's head close to the airbag, which can cause severe [[head injury|head injuries]] or death if the airbag deploys. Some modern cars include a switch to disable the front-passenger airbag, in case a child-supporting seat is used there (although not in Australia, where rear-facing child seats are prohibited in the front where an airbag is fitted).

In vehicles with side airbags, it is dangerous for occupants to lean against the windows, doors, and pillars, or to place objects between themselves and the side of the vehicle. Articles hung from a vehicle's clothes hanger hooks can be hazardous if the vehicle's side-curtain airbags are deployed.<ref>Toyota Aurion: User Manual 2006 model – Australia</ref> A seat-mounted airbag may also cause internal injury if the occupant leans against the door.<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=20184829 |volume=53 |title=Splenic trauma as an adverse effect of torso-protecting side airbags: biomechanical and case evidence |date=Oct 2009 | journal=Ann Adv Automot Med |pages=13–24 |pmc=3256804 |last1=Hallman |first1=J.J. |last2=Brasel |first2=K.J. |last3=Yoganandan |first3=N. |last4=Pintar |first4=F.A.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |pmid=21512911 |volume=54 |title=Biomechanical and injury response to posterolateral loading from torso side airbags |date=November 2010 |journal=Stapp Car Crash J |pages=227–57 |pmc=3820120 |last1=Hallman |first1=J.J. |last2=Yoganandan |first2=N. |last3=Pintar |first3=F.A. |series=SAE Technical Paper Series |doi=10.4271/2010-22-0012 }}</ref>