国交省、メーカー７社に調査指示　タカタ製エアバッグ、豪で死傷事故

　国土交通省は６日、オーストラリアで古いタイプのタカタ製エアバッグを搭載した乗用車が死傷事故を起こしたとして、道路運送車両法に基づき、自動車メーカーなど７社に調査やリコール（回収・無償修理）の可否を検討するよう指示した。国内に同タイプのエアバッグを搭載した車は約１５万台あると見込まれるという。
　国交省によると、豪州で６月、ＢＭＷ社製の乗用車が走行中に事故を起こし、運転席のタカタ製エアバッグのガス発生装置が異常破裂。１人が重傷を負った。９月にも異常破裂が起き、１人が死亡したといい、豪政府が調査している。（2019/12/06-18:11）

Japan's transport ministry instructed seven automakers Friday to launch investigations and consider recalls after a fatal accident in Australia involving a passenger vehicle equipped with an old air bag made by Takata Corp.
   The instruction is based on the road transport vehicle law. Some 150,000 vehicles in Japan are believed to have the same type of Takata product, the ministry said. Takata changed its name to TKJP Corp. in 2018.
   According to the ministry, an abnormal rupture of the air bag's gas generator happened in the driver's seat of a BMW passenger vehicle in June this year, inflicting heavy injuries to a person.
   Another abnormal rupture occurred in September and killed a person. The Australian government has begun an investigation.
   The gas generator was produced between 1995 and 1999. Abnormal ruptures have been also confirmed in the United States and Cyprus, the ministry said.