Side impact protection assembly for a vehicle

A collision protection system for a vehicle, the collision protection system comprising:

• a seat having a seat back;
• at least one lateral support coupled to the seat back, wherein the at least one lateral support is a bolster integrated into the seat back that supports a user occupying the seat in a non-deployed configuration, and wherein the at least one lateral support deploys based on one or more collision policies;
• and
• a side airbag, wherein the side airbag deploys from a side of the vehicle towards the seat based on the one or more collision policies, and wherein the at least one lateral support deploys by elongating forwards towards a front of the vehicle between the seat and the side airbag such that the deployed side airbag contacts the deployed at least one lateral support and not the user occupying the seat to protect the user occupying the seat during a collision.