When an airbag deploys in an accident can it be painful?

Question

When an airbag deploys in an accident can it be painful?

Answer 1

Yes it can, it depends on the accident, how fast you were going, etc

Answer 2

my airbag went off when I was in a crash and I dont even remember it happening. so for me the answer is no, the seatbelt left more bruises and pain for me

Answer 3

yes, very.

Activated air bags can inflict severe eye injuries, including blindness, even in minor car accidents, injuries are far more prevalent than deaths.

Injuries are linked to height.  Men are less likely to be injured than women.

Answer 4

If you have glasses on it can.

Answer 5

yes it can give you 3rd degree burns and it can also break your nose

Answer 6

YES, but at least it saves your life.

It can hurt severely your nose, but I think it`s more about the shock.

It doesn`t mean you don`t need it, on the contrary.

Drive safely.

Answer 7

Yes, an airbag deploying can be very painful.  If a driver is properly restrained with their seatbelt and is positioned away from the wheel they are less likely to be injured, but people who sit close to the wheel / shorter drivers are more likely to get hit when the airbag deploys.  Normally the injuries are more superficial - scratches and / or burns and occasionally broken facial bones and are typically far less serious then the injuries would be if the airbag hadn't deployed.  Most cars have seatbelt retractors to pin the passengers back in their seats and keep them from catching the full force of an airbag.

Still, having an airbag go off isn't fun.  Working on a car with airbags can be dangerous if they accidentally deploy - the amount of force can break a persons neck.  For this reason, only experiences mechanics should ever work on airbags (the cables are normally colored yellow so everyone knows to avoid them).

Answer 8

Yes.

Occasionally, the energy required to quickly inflate frontal airbags can cause injury.

Fortunately, most of these injuries are minor scrapes and abrasions.

Serious injuries and deaths are relatively rare. Since 1990, deaths attributable to airbag inflation in low-speed crashes numbered more than 270 according to NHTSA.

Approximately 67 percent of motorists killed by airbags have been passengers, and more than 90 percent of the passenger airbag fatalities have been children and infants, most of whom were unbelted or in rear-facing restraints that placed their heads close to the deploying airbag.

Among the adult driver and passenger deaths, about three-quarters were women.

More than 80 percent of those killed were unbelted or improperly restrained, and nearly 90 percent of deaths occurred in vehicles manufactured before 1998.

Answer 9

Yes.  My airbag deployed on being hit from the back while stopped at a red-light.  I got friction burns on my arms and the tops of my thighs, and because I was wearing glasses at the time, I got bruising and a little cut on my face.

I can only think how much worse it could have been if my car had been moving also, as in a head-on collision.

Answer 10

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