Why Honda?

Safety

Safety For Everyone

Honda's commitment to safety.

At Honda, we believe you deserve advanced levels of safety regardless of the price or size of the vehicle that meets your needs. We call this approach Safety for Everyone.

Through technology and innovation we are developing increased levels of protection for everyone who enjoys Honda's products, while also making an active commitment to enhancing safety for the drivers and occupants of other vehicles, and even pedestrians. As a leader, Honda looks beyond industry and government requirements, and focuses on future innovation to invent safer ways for people to drive or ride today people. Production of HondaJet is scheduled to begin in the U.S. in 2010.

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Airbag System

Six standard airbags

Almost all Honda's vehicles feature six airbags, including the revolutionary passenger-side Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS) airbag that will not deploy if the system detects a smaller sized or out of position occupant.

The Honda-developed Side Curtain Airbag is the world's fastest deploying side curtain system. Working in conjunction with the front side airbags, it provides improved protection in side impact collisions. Side Curtain Airbags provide added protection in side impacts or in the event of a rollover. The system employs a sensor to trigger airbag deployment in the event of a rollover.

Safety for Everyone

In keeping with the Safety for Everyone commitment, it is not enough to be concerned only with people inside our vehicles, we must consider pedestrians.

In the pursuit of next-generation safety innovations that help reduce life-threatening injuries, Honda developed the most advanced pedestrian dummy in the world, POLAR II. With unique human-like joint structures, instruments in POLAR II measure the level of injury in eight regions, including the head, neck, chest, abdomen and legs to help Honda better understand the real world dynamics of pedestrian incidents. In fact, a wide range of Honda and Acura models incorporate the latest in pedestrian-friendly body design, including specially designed hood structures, hood hinges, front frame construction and breakaway wiper pivots.