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should my airbags have went off when i crashed at 80 kph
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Converted to MPH equates to 50 MPH. One would expect a deployment of the air-bag/s. There's a lot of equations that go into deployment and not that simple to work out to the layman. But , and roughly speaking, a 14 mph facial (frontal) barrier collision is equivalent to striking a parked car of similar size across the full front of each vehicle at about 28 mph. To hit a stationery object at 80 KPH (even if well on the brakes at the point of collision) one would expect deployment ... without a doubt.
Did you suffer an injury that would have been avoided if the airbag was deployed? If not, then that would suggest that the deceleration force was not sufficient to require them. They are an expensive item to replace, and can themselves cause injury - you don't want them going off when they are not necessary....