BACKGROUND

During a vehicle impact, occupants may move in a direction influenced by the momentum of a vehicle. Some vehicle impacts, e.g., side impact, frontal offset impacts, far side oblique impacts, near side oblique impacts, etc., may cause the occupants to move cross-vehicle and/or at an angle towards vehicle components, e.g., toward a pillar, door, etc. Occupant injury risk is dependent upon specific crash scenarios and the interaction of an occupant with vehicle components.

