HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS

Midsize moderately priced 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.

Front small overlap / Driver side occupant compartment structure

  Lower occupant compartment Upper occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max
(cm)
Footrest
(cm)
Left toepan
(cm)
Brake pedal
(cm)
Parking brake
(cm)
Rocker panel lateral average
(cm)
Steering column rearward
(cm)
Upper hinge pillar max
(cm)
Upper dash
(cm)
Lower instrument panel
(cm)
Chevrolet Malibu
model tested: 2013 21 15 7 4 0 3 5 15 18 16
Dodge Avenger
model tested: 2012 18 14 7 3 0 8 1 9 10 10
Ford Fusion
model tested: 2013 16 7 4 5 no data 5 3 9 8 6
Honda Accord 2-door
model tested: 2013 16 11 6 6 no data 3 4 9 11 15
Honda Accord 4-door
model tested: 2013 17 9 5 5 no data 0 2 10 12 9
Hyundai Sonata
model tested: 2012 24 15 10 6 28 8 5 15 18 16
Kia Optima
model tested: 2012 22 12 4 3 21 6 4 10 13 18
Mazda 6
model tested: 2014 13 8 3 8 no data 3 0 6 9 10
model tested: 2012 16 9 5 4 0 9 0 9 10 11
Nissan Altima
model tested: 2013 23 11 5 3 14 0 0 6 11 11
Nissan Maxima
model tested: 2012 22 13 9 3 15 5 7 14 17 19
Subaru Legacy
model tested: 2013 28 20 12 17 no data 0 8 11 14 13
Subaru Outback
model tested: 2013 28 20 12 17 no data 0 8 11 14 13
Suzuki Kizashi
model tested: 2012 8 9 2 2 0 3 0 5 6 6
Toyota Camry
model tested: 2012 37 17 9 8 31 6 7 19 25 21
Toyota Prius v
model tested: 2012 35 18 9 7 20 10 7 19 22 17
Volkswagen Jetta sedan
model tested: 2012 27 19 9 4 no data 11 6 8 15 18
Volkswagen Passat
model tested: 2012 16 9 1 3 no data 4 3 9 10 11

Front small 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) Femur
impulse
(Ns)
Knee displacement (mm) Knee-Thigh-Hip
injury risk
(%)
Maximum tibia index Tibia axial force (kN)
Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right
Chevrolet Malibu
model tested: 2013 41 no contact 1.5 21 0.37 18 5.45 0.25 57.30 0.00 17 1 4 0 0.83 0.40 2.8 1.2 79 43
Dodge Avenger
model tested: 2012 103 no contact 1.6 7 0.26 26 2.49 1.11 0.00 0.00 3 1 0 0 0.75 0.27 1.8 1.5 82 90
Ford Fusion
model tested: 2013 54 no contact 1.0 12 0.23 14 1.20 0.50 0.00 0.00 4 0 0 0 0.67 0.44 1.3 0.5 41 27
Honda Accord 2-door
model tested: 2013 142 no contact 1.1 31 0.33 25 2.24 0.86 0.00 0.00 9 2 0 0 0.42 0.60 1.8 2.4 50 66
Honda Accord 4-door
model tested: 2013 178 no contact 1.3 20 0.29 24 1.47 0.40 0.00 0.00 6 1 0 0 0.55 0.61 2.1 3.1 44 58
Hyundai Sonata
model tested: 2012 123 no contact 1.4 15 0.25 27 1.64 1.95 0.00 0.00 7 3 0 0 1.09 0.46 2.4 1.8 130 90
Kia Optima
model tested: 2012 53 no contact 0.9 8 0.19 23 0.94 0.09 0.00 0.00 4 1 0 0 0.74 0.55 1.1 0.3 80 42
Mazda 6
model tested: 2014 331 107 1.3 4 0.30 22 0.13 0.19 0.00 0.00 1 0 0 0 0.55 0.82 1.7 1.5 35 46
model tested: 2012 148 negligible 1.3 16 0.37 25 2.77 1.57 0.00 0.00 5 0 0 0 0.59 0.66 1.4 2.5 41 48
Nissan Altima
model tested: 2013 143 no contact 1.1 7 0.21 25 1.74 0.01 0.00 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.28 0.34 2.9 0.3 79 98
Nissan Maxima
model tested: 2012 65 no contact 1.0 12 0.22 23 2.33 0.19 0.00 0.00 3 1 0 0 0.45 0.28 1.5 1.2 56 34
Subaru Legacy
model tested: 2013 110 no contact 1.4 5 0.23 24 2.03 0.96 0.00 0.00 10 5 0 0 0.80 0.59 1.5 4.0 67 114
Subaru Outback
model tested: 2013 110 no contact 1.4 5 0.23 24 2.03 0.96 0.00 0.00 10 5 0 0 0.80 0.59 1.5 4.0 67 114
Suzuki Kizashi
model tested: 2012 104 no contact 1.2 12 0.31 26 0.15 0.08 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.42 0.40 1.3 0.9 58 44
Toyota Camry
model tested: 2012 100 36 1.1 18 0.26 19 3.35 2.36 0.00 0.00 9 4 1 0 0.83 0.60 1.8 3.8 57 61
Toyota Prius v
model tested: 2012 138 42 1.7 15 0.36 20 7.15 1.79 239.50 0.00 9 2 45 0 1.36 0.81 3.1 1.0 91 64
Volkswagen Jetta sedan
model tested: 2012 191 no contact 1.8 16 0.28 27 2.32 1.11 0.00 0.00 0 1 0 0 1.32 0.42 6.6 2.3 276 80
Volkswagen Passat
model tested: 2012 307 no contact 2.1 16 0.36 21 4.22 0.03 54.30 0.00 0 0 2 0 0.50 0.33 1.4 1.4 51 49

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