Airbags are credited with saving lives across the nation, often preventing front-seat passengers from slamming into the dashboard or hitting the steering wheel upon impact. Front airbags reduce driver fatalities in frontal crashes by 29% and fatalities of front-seat passengers age 13 and older by 32%, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Side airbags that protect the head reduce a car driver’s risk of death in driver-side crashes by 37% and an SUV driver’s risk by 52%.