1. A safety device installed in cars that deploys by rapidly inflating to protect the head and provide rollover protection
   "The car's side curtain airbags deployed during the collision, protecting the passengers' heads";
   - curtain airbag

1. A safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward
   "The air bag deployed during the crash, protecting the driver"

Derived forms: air bags

Type of: air cushion, bag, constraint, inflatable cushion, restraint

Part of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Side curtain airbag