SPECIAL CRASH INVESTIGATIONS

SIDE AIR BAG CASES

January 1, 2007

1. CASES

1. Total Number of Cases: 145

2. Number of cases under active investigation: 19

3. Number of cases under review 40

4. Number of cases available to public: 86

2. VEHICLES BY MAKE

1 AUDI 2

2 BMW 22

3 DAIMLER-CHRYSLER 12

4 FORD 16

5 GM 22

6 HONDA 13

7 HYUNDAI 1

8 JAGUAR 1

9 KIA 1

10 MAZDA 3

11 MERCEDES 1

12 NISSAN 9

13 PORSCHE 2

14 TOYOTA 11

15 VOLKSWAGEN 15

16 VOLVO 14

TOTAL 145

3. IMPACT PLANE

1 FRONT 14

2 LEFT 75

3 NO IMPACT 2

4 RIGHT 37

5 TOP 17

TOTAL 145

4. CASE SELECTION CRITERIA

February 1995 to January 2000

Any side air bag and /or side curtain deployment

February 2000 to Present

Any side air bag and/or side curtain deployment into an occupied position

Data has provided invaluable information relating to the occupant status severity assessment and

deployment controls in researching crashes with advanced systems.