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This page provides information and links on curtain airbags.
Credit: Clip by Michael Paine from a JNCAP video
Toyota Crown with deployed curtain airbag after the
crash.
Credit: JNCAP
In one test the curtain airbag was disabled. This is the
uppermost
shot in the split pictures. Circles show paint marks from the dummy
head.
The rear occupant would probably be dead without the curtain
airbag. With the airbag the crash was survivable.
ALFA ROMEO 147 (LHD) 2000 on
AUDI A4(LHD) 2000 on
BMW 3-SERIES (LHD) 2000 on
BUICK RENDEZVOUS(US) 2002 on
CITROEN C5 (LHD) 2001 on
CITROEN PICASSOS(LHD) 2000 on
DODGE RAM 1500(US) 2002 on
FORD MONDEO(E) 2001 on
HYUNDAI XG300/350 (US) 2002 on
JAGUAR X-TYPE(US) 2002 on
LEXUS ES300(US) 2002 on
LEXUS IS300(US) 2002 on
LEXUS LS430(US) 2001 on
MAZDA PREMACY(LHD) 1999 on
MERCEDES C-CLASS(LHD) 2001 on
MERCEDES C-CLASS(US) 2001 on
MERCEDES E-CLASS(E) 1999 on
MERCEDES E-CLASS(US) 2000 on
NISSAN ALMERA HATCH(E) 2000 on
NISSAN ALMERA TINO(LHD) 2000 on
PEUGEOT 206 SPORT 2001 on (not crash tested)
PEUGEOT 307 (LHD) 2001 on
PEUGEOT 406 (LHD) 2001 on
PONTIAC AZTEK(US) 2001 on
RENAULT CLIO 2001 on (not crash tested)
RENAULT LAGUNA(LHD) 2001 on
RENAULT SCENIC(LHD) 1997 on
SAAB 9-5(LHD) 1997 on
SAAB 9-5(US) 1999 to 2001
SAAB 9-5(US) 2002 on
TOYOTA CROWN(J) 1999 on
TOYOTA WINDOM(J) 2001 on
VOLVO S40(US) 2002 on
VOLVO S60 (LHD) 2000 on
VOLVO S60(US) 2001 on
VOLVO S70(E) 1998 on
VOLVO S80(E) 2000 on
VOLVO S80(US) 2000 on
Key: LHD-left habnd drive European Model, US- US model,
E-European
model (RHD), J-Japanese model.