一种用于车辆的乘员保护装置包括安全气囊模块，其布置在车辆方向盘的轮毂区域中，所述轮毂区域用于当方向盘转向旋转位置时绕转向角转向车轮。 安全气囊模块具有安全气囊，该安全气囊被配置为在发生碰撞的情况下在驾驶员和方向盘之间展开。 提供了一种调节单元，用于将方向盘从旋转位置转动到碰撞位置，同时车轮的转向角保持不变，以便在发生碰撞的情况下将安全气囊与驾驶员的姿势对准。

The invention relates to an occupant protection device deployable for a vehicle, having a steering wheel airbag module is arranged in a hub portion (13) of a vehicle steering wheel (9) and the airbag (15) in the event of a crash between the driver (3) and the steering wheel (9) is, at its rotary actuator into a rotational position (D), the steered vehicle wheels (11) to a steering angle (α) are einschlagbar. According to the invention, the occupant protection apparatus on a positioning unit (23), with an unchanged steering angle (α) of the vehicle wheels (11) the steering wheel (9) from the rotational position (D) in a crash position (C) is rotatable, in which the airbag (15 ) is oriented towards the driver's position.