I remember my late Uncle, who worked for a time on airbag sensor/activator equipment, saying that Ford had an experimental fleet of airbag-equipped cars in 1971. I do not remember who they were sold to. In 1973, GM had Chevrolet Impala with airbags for government sale only. That same year, the Oldsmobile Toronado was the first public-sale airbag-equipped cars in the US, and the Mercedes W116 sedan the first in Germany. I hope I remembered all that correctly!
You could just go outside!