
Cyrus Mistry death | Mercedes Benz he was travelling in had no airbags for rear seats
The Hindu
The 2017 GLC 220d 4MATIC comes with seven airbags overall. There are no front-facing airbags for rear passengers in the car and just curtain airbags on the sides
The Mercedes-Benz GLC 220d 4MATIC, the SUV former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was riding in on September 4, comes with various safety features to protect passengers but just like other high-end cars, it has no airbags for rear seats.
Mr. Mistry (54) and his friend Jahangir Pandole were killed in an accident in the Palghar district of Maharashtra on September 4.
Anahita Pandole (55), who was driving the 2017 version of the SUV, and her husband Darius Pandole (60), were seriously injured.
The 2017 GLC 220d 4MATIC comes with seven airbags overall. There are no front-facing airbags for rear passengers in the car and just curtain airbags on the sides.
And just like any other car, airbags are ‘SRS’ or Supplementary Restraint System. The primary restraint system on cars remains the seat belt.
It appears that Mr. Mistry wasn’t wearing a seat belt and must have been thrown in front at great velocity once the speeding car crashed into a divider.
As per a preliminary probe, over-speeding and the “error of judgement” by the driver caused the accident, a police official has said.

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