A phone Call to your DMV should get you a reliable answer.

You need to get the airbag repaired for your own sake.  The
collision you describe leads me to suspect one of the
collision sensors in a pair was depressed resulting in the
light.  Both sensors in a pair have to be depressed to fully
arm the airbag in these situations. If this is the case, the
airbage may be more or less "semi-armed" and susceptible to
deployment at any time.  It may not have deployed simply
because the accelerometer did not sense enough speed change
to qualify the bag to deploy.  You do not want it deploying
without good reason.  A well equipped shop can read the code
to determine the problem.  Again, the bag can save your a.s
but, you do not want an unintended deployment.  The cost of
a pair of sensors is cheap to return it to proper operation.
In my bread and butter occupation, I have seen these things
do their job too many times not to be convinced of their
importance or their ability to inflict lots of hurt if
deployed at the wrong time.  I would not take the chance.

Lugnut

"Prinler" <Prinler@gmail.com> wrote in news:1172785609.173492.166330
@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com:

If you want to re-register the car for the road in CA, you need to have the
SRS system present and fully functional at the time of inspection.

This from:
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/howto/htvr13.htm

A quote from that document:
"NOTE: Vehicles being presented for inspection that were originally
manufactured with a supplemental restraint system (air bags) need to be
equipped with air bags in good working order, which meet applicable federal
motor vehicle safety standards and conform to the manufacturer’s
specifications for that vehicle."