Active seat belt systems consist of electrically driven active retractors, pretensioners,and buckle lifters. The pretensioner tightens or loosens the belt slack as per the road situation. During a hazardous road traffic situation, such as a sudden application of the

brakes or the vehicle skidding, the pretensioner in the active seat belt system tightens the seat belt to fix the driver and the occupants in a safe seating position. The pretensioner thus also alerts the driver to the potentially hazardous situation. At the

same time if the driver actively maneuvers the vehicle avoiding the road accident, the active belt system then loosens the webbing to offer comfort to the driver. The same is done for the other occupants of the car (cars where the rear seat are also equipped with active seat belt system).

PART 01: Executive summary 6

PART 02: Scope of the report 19

Market overview 19

Top-vendor offerings 20

PART 03: Market research methodology 21

Research methodology 21

Economic indicators 21

PART 04: Introduction 22

Key market highlights 22

Value chain analysis 25

Regulatory framework 26

PART 05: Market landscape 30

Market overview 30

Market size and forecast 34

Five forces analysis 40

PART 06: Geographical segmentation 41

Automotive active seat belt system market in the

Americas 43

Automotive active seat belt system market in EMEA 45

Automotive active seat belt system market in APAC 47

PART 07: Market drivers 50

Prioritization of occupant safety across value chain 50

Growing significance of crash tests and NCAP ratings 51

Regulatory push toward use of active safety systems 53

Road accidents likely to be among top 10 leading causes

of death in 15 years 54

Collision avoidance systems and active seat belt

systems to mitigate rear-end collisions 54

PART 08: Market challenges 56

Difficulty in mitigation of casualties of side impact

accidents through active seat belt systems alone 56

Cost pressure on OEMs due to addition of active seat

belt systems 57

Effects of false positives and negatives 57

System reliability 58

Seat belts considered as uncomfortable safety device 59

Compliance requirements with respect to several industry

standards 59

PART 09: Market trends 60

Biosensors as input source for future active seat belt

systems 60

Adoption of LiDAR technology and integration with active

seat belt systems 60

Increased adoption in low-cost and compact vehicles 61

Stricter seat belt laws likely to be enforced for rear-seat

passengers 61

PART 10: Vendor landscape 62

Other prominent vendors 64

PART 11: Key vendor analysis 66

Autoliv 66

Continental 68

ZF TRW 71

PART 12: Appendix 74

List of abbreviations 74

PART 13: Explore Technavio 75