This field is used to record air bag availability and deployment for this person. Fill out this field regardless of the motor vehicle’s Body Type or the age of the motor vehicle. This field only applies to factory-installed airbags.
00 - Not Deployed - select this option when the vehicle is equipped with an air bag (air bags) for this motorist’s or occupant’s position, but it (they) did not deploy in this crash.
01 - No Airbags Available – Select this option when there was no air bag available for this person.
02 - Deployed-Front, 03 - Deployed-Side (Door, Seatback), 04 - Deployed-Curtain (Roof), 07 - Deployed-Other (Knee, Air Belt, etc.), 08 - Deployed-Combination, and 09 - Deployment-Unk. Location can be used only if an air bag deployed for this motorist’s or occupant’s seat position (not for others in the vehicle.) There may be multiple air bags available for this motorist’s or occupant’s seat position.
02 - Deployed-Front, 03 - Deployed-Side (Door, Seatback) and 04 - Deployed - Curtain (Roof) can be selected when at least one air bag deployed for this person from only one of these directions.
08 - Deployed - Combination - Select this option if air bags deployed from more than one direction (e.g., SIDE and FRONT) for this seat position.
09 - Deployment – Unk. Location – Select this option if an air bag did deploy for this person, but the origin of the air bag is not known.
28 - Switched Off – Select this option if any air bag for this motorist’s or occupant’s position was manually switched off and did not deploy. This option takes precedence over all other options for this seating position.
97 - Not Applicable – Select this option ONLY if:
- this person is an occupant of a non-motor vehicle transport device that is not expected to have airbags (ridden animal, railway train, etc.),
- or this person is a pedestrian, bicyclist, other cyclist, person on personal conveyance, person in/on building, or an unknown type of non-motorist.