Australian man dies in faulty air bag crash

Dozens of models of vehicles and nearly 20 automakers affected by air bag recalls

An Australian man who died in a Sydney car crash may be the 18th death linked to faulty Takata air bags, after police said he was killed when hit in the neck by shrapnel from an air bag. Police did not say the air bag in the Honda CRV was from manufacturer Takata, whose faulty air bags have been linked to 17 deaths and more than 180 injuries worldwide.

However, Honda Australia director Stephen Collins confirmed on Saturday that the vehicle involved was linked to the worldwide recall.

“The vehicle involved, a 2007 Honda CRV, was the subject of Takata airbag inflator recalls,” Collins said in a statement, in which he offered the company’s condolences to the family of the dead driver.

Dozens of models of vehicles and nearly 20 automakers have been affected by the

May 27, 2009:

Ashley Parham, 18, of Midwest City, Oklahoma

Dec. 24, 2009:

Gurjit Rathore, 33, of Richmond, Virginia,

Sept. 13, 2013:

Hai Ming Xu, of Alhambra, California Law Suk Leh of Sibu, Malaysia Jewel Brangman, 26, of California Hien Thi Tran, 51, of Orlando, Florida Carlos Solis, 35, of Spring, Texas Kylan Langlinais, 23, Louisiana, Unidentified 13-year-old boy, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Joel Knight, 52, of Kershaw, S Carolina

July 27, 2014: Sept. 7, 2014: Sept. 29, 2014: Jan. 18, 2015: April 15, 2015: July 22, 2015: Dec. 22, 2015:

air bag recalls, with Takata’s automaker customers having so far borne much of the estimated $10 billion cost of replacing the faulty products.