Light vehicle passive safety systems, technologies and trends to 2015

Table of Contents

• Table of contents

• Introduction

• The global road crash toll
• Africa
• ASEAN countries
• China
• CIS
• Europe
• India
• Japan
• United States
• The effects of passive safety improvements

• Market drivers
• Regulations
• Seatbelts
• Body structures
• Airbags

• New Car Assessment Programmes
• Consumer preferences
• Technology progress

• Market barriers
• Cost
• Fear of litigation
• Consumer awareness
• Increased weight

• Market dynamics and forecasts
• The global market
• Technology sectors

• Passive safety systems technology
• Seatbelts
• Pre-tensioners
• Pre-pre-tensioners
• ' Smart' seatbelt systems
• Rear seatbelts

• Airbags
• Frontal airbags
• Side airbags

• Occupant detection systems
• Vehicle interior design
• Seat safety design
• Vehicle body structure
• Front impact absorption
• Side impact absorption
• Rear impact absorption
• Roof strength
• Compatibility

• Automatic crash notification systems
• Pedestrian safety systems

• Integrating safety systems
• Integrating seatbelt and airbag functions
• Integrating active and passive safety systems

• Enabling technology
• Sensors
• Crash sensors
• Occupant detection sensors
• Roll sensors

• Electronic and electrical systems
• Data communication
• Time-Triggered CAN (TTCAN)
• Time-Triggered Protocol (TTP)
• ByteFlight
• FlexRay

• Software
• Computer assisted vehicle design
• Computer modelling of the human body

• Supplier profiles
• Autoliv
• Bosch
• Continental
• Delphi
• Denso
• KSS
• Takata-Petri
• Toyoda Gosei
• TRW Automotive