System and method for adjusting an interior configuration of a vehicle in response to a vehicular accident

A method for controlling an interior configuration of a vehicle following a collision, the method comprising:

• determining, by one or more processors, that an accident has occurred wherein an actuator component, that is configured to adjust a physical configuration of a vehicle component, that is accessible from one or more of an interior or an exterior of the vehicle, over a first range of physical configurations, is further configured to, when the one or more processors determine that an accident has occurred, prevent a passenger from adjusting the vehicle component outside a predetermined second range of physical configurations while allowing the passenger to adjust the vehicle component within the predetermined second range of physical configurations, the predetermined second range of physical configurations being a subset of the first range of physical configurations that is smaller than the first range of physical configurations.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• determine that an accident has occurred, wherein an actuator component, that is configured to adjust a physical configuration of a vehicle component, that is accessible from one or more of an interior or an exterior of a vehicle, over a first range of physical configurations, is further configured to, based on the one or more processors determining that an accident has occurred, prevent a passenger from adjusting the vehicle component outside a predetermined second range of physical configurations, while allowing the passenger to adjust the vehicle component within the predetermined second range of physical configurations, the predetermined second range of physical configurations being a subset of the first range of physical configurations that is smaller than the first range of physical configurations.