VEHICLE AIRBAG SYSTEM

A vehicle seat and an airbag system, the seat comprising a backrest and a squab, which extends from the backrest in a longitudinal direction, the backrest extending in height from the squab at a first lower position to a second upper position that is arranged proximal shoulders of an occupant in a seated position, the airbag system comprising an airbag to receive inflating gas from an inflator to inflate the airbag from a deflated configuration to an inflated configuration, in which the airbag includes an upper region that extends over a head of the occupant in said seated position and a lower region that extends between a first and second side of the backrest and around a mid-section of the occupant in said seated position, the airbag system comprising a tether system interconnecting the seat at the second upper position of the backrest and airbag to restrain the lower region of the airbag in the inflated configuration in the longitudinal direction.