An occupant restraint system of the present invention comprises a first
sensor unit which detects a state of wearing a seatbelt system, a second
sensor unit which detects a state of operating the seatbelt system, and a
controller which performs a control to change a time range to determine
activation and expansion of a occupant restraint equipment upon a vehicle
collision in accordance with signals from the first sensor unit and the
second sensor unit. In the occupant restraint system, when a state
detected by the first sensor unit is a state of not wearing the seatbelt
system, the controller performs a control to set a mode to a stopping
mode which has a time range to determine the activation and expansion of
the occupant restraint equipment upon a vehicle collision, and when a
state detected by the first sensor unit is a state of wearing the
seatbelt system and a state detected by the second sensor unit is a state
of operating the seatbelt system, the controller performs a control to
set the mode to an operating mode which has a smaller time range to
determine the activation and expansion of the occupant restraint
equipment upon a vehicle collision than that in the state of not wearing
the seatbelt system.