HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS

Microcars

Intrusion measures into the vehicle occupant compartment and peak injury measures recorded from the crash test dummies for the front moderate overlap tests, front small overlap tests (where applicable) and side tests, respectively, are provided in the tables below.

See our protocols page for detailed information on how to interpret these measures.

Note: All vehicles are listed alphabetically.

Front moderate overlap / Driver side occupant compartment intrusion

  Footwell intrusion Brake pedal (cm) Instrument panel rearward movement Steering column movement A-pillar rearward movement (cm)
Footrest (cm) Left (cm) Center (cm) Right (cm) Left (cm) Right (cm) Upward (cm) Rearward (cm)
Scion iQ
model tested: 2012 10 14 12 7 3 3 2 2 0 2
Smart Fortwo
model tested: 2011 5 6 13 2 3 1 1 -1 -4 0
model tested: 2008 2 4 9 7 3 0 0 1 -6 0

Front moderate overlap / Driver injury measures

  Head Neck Chest maximum compression (mm) Legs Foot acceleration (g)
HIC-15 Peak gs at hard contact Tension
(kN)
Extension bending moment (Nm) Maximum Nij Femur force (kN) Knee displacement (mm) Maximum tibia index Tibia axial force (kN)
Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right
Scion iQ
model tested: 2012 222 9 1.5 13 0.31 28 0.4 0.6 2 2 0.39 0.37 2.1 0.8 146 86
Smart Fortwo
model tested: 2011 234 no contact 1.4 15 0.30 22 1.8 1.4 1 2 0.23 0.50 2.0 2.7 55 83
model tested: 2008 621 96 1.5 35 0.48 25 2.1 2.9 0 11 0.35 0.91 2.0 2.7 55 83

Side / Driver side B-pillar intrusion

  B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat* (cm)
Scion iQ with side airbags
model tested: 2012 -14.0
Smart Fortwo with side airbags
model tested: 2012 -14.0
model tested: 2008 -16.0
*Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Side / Driver injury measures

  Head HIC-15 Neck Shoulder Torso Pelvis Left femur
Tension (kN) Compression (kN) Lateral deflection (mm) Lateral force (kN) Max. defl. (mm) Avg. defl. (mm) Max. defl. rate (m/s) Max. viscous criterion (m/s) Iliac force (kN) Acetabulum force (kN) Combined acetabulum & iliac force (kN) L-M force (kN) L-M moment (Nm) A-P moment (Nm)
Scion iQ with side airbags
model tested: 2012 477 1.0 0.2 38 1.7 29 25 4.84 0.32 2.1 2.8 4.9 1.8 210 41
Smart Fortwo with side airbags
model tested: 2012 479 1.4 0.4 50 1.7 44 37 5.75 1.10 2.6 3.3 5.5 0.5 44 152
model tested: 2008 520 2.0 0.0 57 2.1 47 33 5.40 0.91 0.7 4.0 4.3 0.7 162 34

Side / Passenger injury measures

  Head HIC-15 Neck Shoulder Torso Pelvis Left femur
Tension (kN) Compression (kN) Lateral deflection (mm) Lateral force (kN) Max. defl. (mm) Avg. defl. (mm) Max. defl. rate (m/s) Max. viscous criterion (m/s) Iliac force (kN) Acetabulum force (kN) Combined acetabulum & iliac force (kN) L-M force (kN) L-M moment (Nm) A-P moment (Nm)
Scion iQ with side airbags
model tested: 2012 544 0.3 0.8 42 1.3 49 30 3.51 0.85 1.9 1.4 2.7 1.3 100 25
Smart Fortwo with side airbags
model tested: 2012 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data
model tested: 2008 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data

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