1. A safety device installed in cars that deploys by rapidly inflating to protect the head and provide rollover protection
   "Curtain airbags have been said to reduce brain injury or fatalities by up to 45% in a side impact with an SUV"; "The car's side curtain airbags deployed during the collision, protecting the passengers' heads";
   - side curtain airbag

Derived forms: curtain airbags

Type of: air cushion, inflatable cushion

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

Encyclopedia: Curtain airbag