HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS

Large family cars

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.

Side / Driver side B-pillar intrusion

  B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat* (cm)
Buick LaCrosse with side airbags
model tested: 2010 -15.5
model tested: 2006 -6.5
Buick Lucerne with side airbags
model tested: 2006 -3.5
Buick Regal with side airbags
model tested: 2011 -14.5
Chevrolet Impala with side airbags
model tested: 2009 -8.0
model tested: 2006 -11.0
Chrysler 300 with side airbags
model tested: 2006 -6.0
Chrysler 300 without side airbags
model tested: 2006 -5.5
Dodge Charger with side airbags
model tested: 2011 -11.5
Ford Crown Victoria with side airbags
model tested: 2007 7.0
Ford Crown Victoria without side airbags
model tested: 2006 6.5
Ford Five Hundred with side airbags
model tested: 2006 -11.5
Ford Five Hundred without side airbags
model tested: 2006 -10.5
Ford Taurus with side airbags
model tested: 2010 -12.0
model tested: 2006 -11.5
Ford Taurus without side airbags
model tested: 2006 -10.5
Hyundai Azera with side airbags
model tested: 2012 -13.5
model tested: 2006 -1.0
Kia Amanti with side airbags
model tested: 2007 -2.0
Toyota Avalon with side airbags
model tested: 2013 -14.5
model tested: 2006 -9.5
*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)
Buick LaCrosse with side airbags
model tested: 2010 180 0.9 0.0 31 1.6 23 20 2.54 0.23 2.0 1.3 3.2 0.5 58 31
model tested: 2006 398 1.5 0.2 57 no data 60 47 8.77 1.93 3.3 3.1 6.3 0.4 73 34
Buick Lucerne with side airbags
model tested: 2006 407 1.5 0.0 43 2.4 38 32 4.53 0.81 3.7 2.2 5.8 0.4 61 45
Buick Regal with side airbags
model tested: 2011 284 1.4 0.2 41 1.5 42 39 3.47 0.67 2.5 1.9 4.2 0.9 83 35
Chevrolet Impala with side airbags
model tested: 2009 445 1.0 0.6 51 1.8 35 28 4.23 0.48 1.2 2.7 3.6 0.5 67 19
model tested: 2006 417 0.9 0.5 53 3.2 40 29 5.40 0.74 2.1 3.0 4.8 0.8 101 33
Chrysler 300 with side airbags
model tested: 2006 380 1.1 0.4 63 3.2 65 46 9.07 1.85 2.9 3.2 5.9 0.6 128 48
Chrysler 300 without side airbags
model tested: 2006 608 2.0 0.1 63 2.9 67 47 7.34 1.96 4.7 3.5 8.3 0.5 110 34
Dodge Charger with side airbags
model tested: 2011 130 0.7 0.2 22 1.7 30 23 2.86 0.31 1.7 0.8 1.8 0.7 136 23
Ford Crown Victoria with side airbags
model tested: 2007 602 2.1 0.2 42 2.3 37 31 6.75 1.09 4.2 3.9 7.7 0.8 173 34
Ford Crown Victoria without side airbags
model tested: 2006 812 2.6 0.0 48 2.9 60 41 7.55 1.43 2.8 3.3 5.9 1.9 313 31
Ford Five Hundred without side airbags
model tested: 2006 805 2.1 0.2 64 3.6 52 41 5.28 1.02 2.3 3.4 5.5 0.8 76 19
Ford Taurus with side airbags
model tested: 2010 123 0.8 0.5 37 1.4 37 31 4.00 0.50 2.6 2.7 5.1 0.1 75 19
model tested: 2006 273 0.7 0.0 48 2.0 46 39 4.29 0.87 2.2 3.5 5.5 0.7 34 26
Hyundai Azera with side airbags
model tested: 2012 147 1.2 0.1 20 1.5 25 23 6.43 0.49 2.5 1.8 4.2 0.7 142 23
model tested: 2006 218 1.2 0.2 37 1.7 42 39 5.21 0.98 4.9 3.0 7.8 0.3 123 41
Kia Amanti with side airbags
model tested: 2007 197 1.0 0.4 34 1.7 43 32 4.40 0.78 2.3 1.9 4.2 0.4 64 42
Toyota Avalon with side airbags
model tested: 2013 324 0.8 0.1 36 1.2 16 13 3.93 0.18 1.8 1.8 3.6 0.5 51 25
model tested: 2006 350 0.8 0.1 50 2.2 40 35 3.76 0.62 0.9 3.3 4.1 0.4 105 53

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)
Buick LaCrosse with side airbags
model tested: 2010 211 0.0 0.6 34 0.9 32 24 2.31 0.39 0.2 1.7 1.8 0.5 102 51
model tested: 2006 605 0.4 2.2 37 1.5 37 26 4.20 0.63 0.5 2.9 2.9 1.2 172 42
Buick Lucerne with side airbags
model tested: 2006 220 0.4 0.3 27 1.3 31 24 2.69 0.35 0.7 4.0 4.4 1.0 98 35
Buick Regal with side airbags
model tested: 2011 232 0.2 0.6 43 1.4 35 25 3.06 0.40 0.1 2.6 2.6 0.4 67 56
Chevrolet Impala with side airbags
model tested: 2009 246 0.2 0.5 47 2.2 35 22 2.84 0.56 2.2 4.2 5.4 0.4 81 57
model tested: 2006 195 0.3 0.4 46 1.5 33 28 3.10 0.45 1.3 3.0 3.4 0.5 130 43
Chrysler 300 with side airbags
model tested: 2006 58 0.1 0.5 19 0.9 19 14 2.27 0.23 1.5 0.7 2.1 0.4 80 35
Chrysler 300 without side airbags
model tested: 2006 327 0.4 1.2 19 0.9 33 22 3.84 0.54 1.8 1.0 2.6 0.2 62 29
Dodge Charger with side airbags
model tested: 2011 74 0.2 0.5 16 1.0 14 10 1.01 0.07 1.2 0.2 1.4 0.4 49 17
Ford Crown Victoria with side airbags
model tested: 2007 226 1.7 0.2 30 1.6 45 23 4.06 0.90 1.2 3.3 4.2 0.5 101 34
Ford Crown Victoria without side airbags
model tested: 2006 281 0.8 0.6 24 1.4 41 20 4.08 0.76 1.1 3.2 4.3 0.3 112 32
Ford Five Hundred without side airbags
model tested: 2006 556 0.7 1.6 30 1.3 36 24 3.79 0.55 0.8 3.0 3.4 0.8 63 27
Ford Taurus with side airbags
model tested: 2010 207 0.2 0.4 34 1.6 43 33 5.10 0.80 0.9 3.3 3.6 0.1 103 24
model tested: 2006 316 0.5 0.6 13 1.2 34 26 3.98 0.64 0.7 3.3 3.7 0.6 81 12
Hyundai Azera with side airbags
model tested: 2012 80 0.5 0.3 15 0.9 26 18 2.22 0.34 0.5 1.7 2.1 0.8 109 17
model tested: 2006 86 0.2 0.3 23 1.4 18 14 3.26 0.16 0.3 3.1 3.2 0.5 92 30
Kia Amanti with side airbags
model tested: 2007 84 0.6 0.2 13 0.8 42 33 3.23 0.78 0.9 3.4 4.1 0.4 59 38
Toyota Avalon with side airbags
model tested: 2013 37 0.0 0.0 10 1.0 23 19 2.96 0.27 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.0 120 30
model tested: 2006 207 0.2 0.2 42 1.5 45 32 4.97 0.89 1.2 2.3 3.0 1.1 116 30

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