• Meeting Agenda
• Second Generation Air Bags - Arbogast
  
• Sled Certified Airbags and Injury Changes - Bahouth, Miller, Zaloshnja, Snowden
  
• Risk of Frontal Deaths - Braver
  
• Update On Frontal Airbag Data - Chidester
  
• Advanced Technology Airbags - Ferguson
  
• Evaluation of Redesign of Frontal Air Bags - Kahane
  
• Electronic Data Recorders - Lange
  
• Advanced Occupant Protection Systems - Mullen
  
• Canadian Experience with Frontal Airbag Systems - Tylko
  
• Bahouth, G., Zaloshnja, E., Miller, T. Snowden, C. 2007. Analysis of tow-away crash injuries with the introduction of sled-certified airbags

• Meeting report
• Meeting agenda
• Introduction, Dr. Susan Ferguson, IIHS
• Advanced Air Bag Technology, Mr. Dave Clark, Ford Motor Company
• Event Data Recorders, Mr. Robert Lange, General Motors Corporation
• Update on Frontal Air Bag Data from the Special Crash Investigations and National Automotive Sampling System Programs, Mr. Chip Chidester, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• NHTSA’s Program for Collecting Data on the Performance of Advanced Compliant Air Bag Equipped Vehicles in Real World Frontal Crashes, Mr. Chip Chidester, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Public Perception about Airbag Dangers — Latest Findings, Mr. Chuck Hurley, National Safety Council
• Variation in Performance of Second Generation Airbags for Child Occupants by Type of Vehicle, Dr. Kristy Arbogast, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Partners for Child Passenger Safety
• Driver Deaths in Frontal Crashes: Comparisons of Older and Newer Airbag Designs, Dr. Elisa Braver, National Study Center for Trauma and EMS, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Changes in Injury Patterns in Frontal Crashes: Injuries to Drivers of Vehicles Model Year 1993-1997 vs. Drivers of Vehicles 1998-2003, Dr. Maria Segui-Gomez, University of Navarra, Spain
• Comparison of Frontal Crash Protection for Front-Seat Occupants in Pre-1998 and 1998+ Vehicles — An Update, Dr. Larry Schneider, University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute
• Update of CIREN Data, Dr. Jeffrey Augenstein, William Lehman Injury Research Center and Dr. Ken Digges, George Washington University, National Crash Analysis Center

• Meeting report
• Presentation by the Blue Ribbon Panel Chair, Dr. Susan Ferguson
• Evolution of Air Bag Technology — Including a Discussion of EDR Importance, Mr. Chip Chidester, National Center for Statistics and Analysis Research and Development
• Special Crash Investigations and National Automotive Sampling System CDS, and Alliance Air Bag Data Collection, Mr. Chip Chidester, National Center for Statistics and Analysis Research and Development
• Comparison of Frontal-Crash Protection for Front-Seat Occupants in “Pre-1998″ and “1998+” Model-Year Vehicles, Dr. Larry Schneider, Biosciences Division, The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
• Changes in Injury Patterns in Frontal Crashes: Injuries to Drivers of Vehicles Model Year 1993-1997 vs. Drivers of Vehicles 1998-2002, Dr. Maria Segui-Gomez, Johns Hopkins University & Universidad de Navarra
• Performance of Second Generation Air Bags for Child Occupants, Dr. Dennis Durbin, Partners for Child Passenger Safety, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania
• Performance of Advanced Air Bags Based on Data from William Lehman Injury Research Center (WLIRC) and NASS New PSU’s, Dr. Jeffrey Augenstein and Dr. Ken Digges, WLIRC & GW University

February 26, 2007: agenda | minutes

November 3, 2006: agenda | minutes

February 21, 2006:

• agenda
• minutes
• presentation: Injury Risk Reduction Provided by Frontal Airbag Systems, Mr. Dainius Dalmotas, Chief, Crashworthiness Research Division, Transport Canada

August 11, 2005: agenda | minutes

February 22, 2005: agenda | minutes

October 5, 2004: agenda | minutes

January 20, 2004: agenda | minutes

November 17, 2003: agenda | minutes

July 30, 2003: agenda | minutes

February 19, 2003: agenda | minutes

August 12, 2002: agenda | minutes

January 28, 2002: agenda | minutes

October 29, 2001:

• agenda
• minutes
• presentation: Airbag Crash Investigations Status Report

July 11, 2001:

• agenda
• minutes
• presentation: Advanced Occupant Protection System Data Collection Utilizing the NASS, Joseph Carra, Ph.D., Director, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, NHTSA

February 26, 2001:

• agenda
• minutes
• presentation: Monitoring Bill Walsh, AA Plans and Policy
• presentation: Airbag Blue Ribbon Panel Meeting: SCI and NASS Investigations: What Advanced Air Bag Features are in Vehicles Today, and What’s on the Horizon, Chip Chidester, Acting Chief, Crash Investigation Division, NHTSA
• presentation: An Overview of the NASS — Sampling Plan, How Cases are Handled, Quality Control and Dissemination, Joseph Carra, Ph.D., Director, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, NHTSA

Letter to Secretary of Transportation from NTSB, IIHS, AAA, NSC, ATS, and NAGSHR, February 16, 2000

Letters to The Honorable John Spotila, Administrator, Office of Management and Budget, regarding the Alliance commitment to fund additional airbag investigations, April 5, 2000 and to the Honorable John D. Podesta, White House Chief of Staff, regarding the Alliance commitment to fund additional airbag investigations, March 9, 2000

Proposal to Alliance Outlining Different Data Collection Options, Don Bischoff, Consultant to Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

Presentation to NHTSA R&D Meeting: Field Data Collection and Analysis for Evaluation of Inflatable Restraint Performance, Don Bischoff, Consultant to Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Baltimore, MD, July 26, 2001

Letter to the Docket from the Blue Ribbon Panel on Status of Data Collection Effort, August 9, 2001