Method of folding an airbag, airbag, airbag module and vehicle safety system

A method of folding a driver airbag (10) including a front airbag layer (11) connected at least in portions to a rear airbag layer (12), the method comprising:

• a) flatly spreading the airbag (10) onto a support surface (15) so that the front airbag layer (11) comes to rest on the rear airbag layer (12),
• b) zigzag folding, at least in portions, each of an upper airbag portion (20) and a lower airbag portion (21) in the direction of a transverse axis (Q) of the airbag (10), and
• c) furling each of a left-hand lateral airbag portion (30) and a right-hand lateral airbag portion (31) in the direction of a longitudinal axis (L) of the airbag (10).

A folded airbag (100) comprising a front airbag layer (11) which is connected at least in portions to a rear airbag layer (12), an upper airbag portion (20), a lower airbag portion (21), a left-hand lateral airbag portion (30) and a right-hand lateral airbag portion (31), each of the upper airbag portion (20) and the lower airbag portion (21) being zigzag folded, and each of the left-hand lateral airbag portion (30) and the right-hand lateral airbag portion (31) being furled in the direction of the middle (M) of the airbag (10).