Together with the headrests, the airbag minimizes impact to the head from a colliding vehicle or parts of the hit vehicle, thus helping to reduce the severity of injuries.

The placement of side-impact curtain airbags has been shown to dramatically reduce the number of fatalities from side collisions, the second most deadly type of accident after head-on collisions.

Hundreds of Tesla Model S and X vehicles are being recalled over airbags that could tear during deployment. The Mercedes recall impacts a single EQS as its side curtain airbags could be damaged by ...