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By now you know that airbags are designed to
deploy in a severe frontal collision with
another vehicle or a solid object. But did you
know your airbags can also deploy if you hit a
pothole or a raised object, they might or
might not deploy if you crash into a pole or
tree, and they rarely deploy if you underride
another vehicle?
If a wheel drops into a deep pothole, or you
strike a hard, raised object such as a curb or
speed bump, a brief high rate of deceleration
may cause the airbags to deploy.
Colliding head-on with a pole or tree is less
likely to cause airbag deployment than if you
strike the object off-center near harder, more
rigid structural pans.
When a car underrides another vehicle at
relatively low speed, the impact usually involves
only crushable body pans, and the airbags
rarely deploy.
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