title: [Injuries caused by traffic accidents: passive safety and restraint systems in automobiles].
abstract: In this article are considered the multiple instruments today employed in cars, in order to prevent or ameliorate the lesions caused to the occupants in case of road accident. The acquisitions in the differentiated structure of the car, in the windshield, in the components of the passenger cell are described, and the peculiar importance of the restraint systems is evidenced.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D001336:Automobiles / Q000592:standards*; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*
vernacular_title: Traumi da incidenti stradali: la sicurezza passiva e i sistemi di ritenuta nell'automobile.