How much speed/acceleration does an airbag stop?

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How much speed/acceleration does an airbag stop?
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doing a lab on motion, and one of the questions is "by how much are the accelerations/speed reduced in a collision due to airbags"

*dont say it depends on the speed of the car or the force that it stopped

scattered&thrashed76$

Enough to snap children's necks.

UCANTCME

By 1/5th.............

CLAYTON M

1500 psi

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