HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS

Small 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)
Honda Civic 2-door
model tested: 2013 7 9 8 4 no data 0 0 4 4 4
Honda Civic 4-door
model tested: 2013 12 13 15 6 no data 6 0 5 7 6

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
Honda Civic 2-door
model tested: 2013 207 no contact no data no data no data 23 2.70 0.70 0.00 0.00 3 1 0 0 1.14 0.95 2.6 3.8 95 156
Honda Civic 4-door
model tested: 2013 394 no contact no data no data no data 24 1.30 0.46 0.00 0.00 1 0 0 0 0.98 0.78 3.3 3.2 78 61

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