I hit a deer at 70 mph and my airbags DID deploy. I can still hear the shot in my ears, two years later. I was lucky too. My coffee cup just left my face not five seconds before the accident. I saw the airbag inflated for a longer time than I saw the deer. She wrapped around the front left corner of my Explorer, leaving a head dent on the hood, and her hoof or leg took out my left mirror, and dented my driver side door. Then, she got up and ran off into the field. I never found her. I cannot believe it. she had to have had broken her spine.
Only $1300 out of pocket for a local budding body work guy to practice on it.