Abstract
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.
Chapters include:
- Introduction
- The global road crash toll
- Market drivers
- Market barriers
- Market dynamics and forecasts
- Passive safety systems technology
- Integrating safety systems
- Enabling technology
- Supplier profiles
Table of Contents
- 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
