Table of Contents:

List of tables
List of figures
The author
Summary

Introduction
Inflationary market
Report coverage

The market
Safety sells
Star wars
Seatbelt usage
Market value
Market forecasts
Market players
Market shares
Supply chain

Technical review
Defining the elements
Airbag developments
Airbags in the seatbelt
Airborne airbags
Side impacts
Safe-by-wire consortium formed
Protecting the pedestrian
Pregnant crash test dummy
Seatbelt developments
Inflatable seatbelts
Smart seatbelts
3+2 point seatbelts
Whiplash innovation

Manufacturers

• Autoliv
  
• Key Safety Systems
  
• Dalphimetal
  
• Delphi Corp
  
• Nihon Plast
  
• Takata
  
• Toyoda Gosei
  
• TRW
  
• List of vehicles in the US that currently offer pretensioners and load limiters

List of tables

1. Average supply of automotive safety products to the VW Golf, 1992 and 2002
   
2. Western Europe: Fitment of airbags and front seatbelt pretensioners to new passenger cars, 1995 - 2010
   
3. Japan: Fitment of airbags and front seatbelt pretensioners to new passenger cars, 1995 - 2010
   
4. North America: Fitment of airbags and front seatbelt pretensioners to new passenger cars, 1999 - 2010
   
5. World: Fitment of airbags and front seatbelt pretensioners to new passenger cars, 1999 - 2010
   
6. Vehicle occupant restraint system suppliers' global presence
   
7. Airbag module and seatbelt manufacturers' business activities
   
8. Autoliv's labour cost per country

List of figures

1. Global vehicle occupant restraint systems market, 2002
   
2. Global average supply of automotive safety products, value per vehicle, 1993 - 2002
   
3. Global vehicle occupant restraint systems market value by region, 2001
   
4. Global market shares for the vehicle occupant restraint systems market, 2003
   
5. Shares in the global automotive safety equipment market, 2003
   
6. Shares in the North American automotive safety equipment market, 2003
   
7. Shares in the European automotive safety equipment market, 2003
   
8. Shares in the Japanese automotive safety equipment market, 2002
   
9. Siemens VDO airbag sensor
   
10. GM's Pontiac Solstice
    
11. Without Autoliv's anti-sliding airbag
    
12. With Autoliv's anti-sliding airbag
    
13. Cut-away of Autoliv's anti-sliding airbag
    
14. Autoliv's 3+2 point belt system (1 of 3)
    
15. Autoliv's 3+2 point belt system (2 of 3)
    
16. Autoliv's 3+2 point belt system (3 of 3)
    
17. Autoliv's sales by customer, 2003