Airbags are engineered to reduce harm, but they can create serious consequences when they:
- Don’t deploy during a crash where deployment should have occurred
- Deploy too late or too early for the collision conditions
- Deploy with abnormal force or inconsistent restraint performance
- Involve sensor or inflator component failures that affect how the system triggers
In Oxford, these issues may show up in everyday ways—such as crashes during routine commutes, intersections with heavy turning traffic, or backing/low-speed impacts that still cause restraint-system activation. The key is that the airbag’s behavior can directly affect injury severity, which is why your medical records and the vehicle’s post-crash condition are so important.


