Research: Light vehicle passive safety systems - technologies and trends to 2015
Date published: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Description
The passive safety systems market was launched during the late 1960s with the first seatbelts and crumple zone technologies. Since then, the market has grown to become a US$18bn global industry with future growth forecast to keep outperforming light vehicle production growth as the technology becomes more sophisticated and installation rates increase.
This report examines existing and emerging passive safety systems and the technology, market and legislative influences that are driving developments in the sector. It also contains market forecasts for the period to 2015 and profiles of the key suppliers in the sector.
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
