HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS

Midsize luxury SUVs

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)
Acura MDX
model tested: 2007 7 8 11 11 4 1 1 -1 1 0
model tested: 2001 9 20 22 15 17 1 1 7 1 0
Acura RDX
model tested: 2013 4 6 7 8 1 -1 -1 1 -1 0
model tested: 2007 4 10 6 8 3 1 -1 2 -2 1
Acura ZDX
model tested: 2010 2 6 10 11 5 -1 0 2 -1 0
Audi Q5
model tested: 2009 2 3 3 4 6 -1 0 -2 -7 0
BMW X3
model tested: 2011 2 4 4 3 4 1 1 1 -3 1
model tested: 2008 8 6 5 5 3 1 2 7 -1 1
BMW X5
model tested: 2007 2 5 6 4 3 0 0 1 -5 2
model tested: 2001 6 7 5 1 1 2 1 3 1 1
Cadillac SRX
model tested: 2010 4 7 9 11 8 3 3 1 -2 1
model tested: 2004 6 9 13 8 7 1 1 -3 2 1
Infiniti EX
model tested: 2008 6 7 8 7 10 1 1 5 3 0
Infiniti FX
model tested: 2009 2 3 5 5 5 -2 -2 -1 -3 0
model tested: 2003 5 5 7 6 4 -1 -1 4 -2 0
  5 5 6 6 4 -2 -4 3 -3 0
Lexus RX
model tested: 2010 10 8 7 6 2 0 0 -2 -3 0
model tested: 2004 5 5 6 5 1 0 1 2 -4 0
Lexus RX 300
model tested: 1999 12 28 26 17 15 3 4 3 3 1
Lincoln MKT
model tested: 2010 7 11 14 12 4 6 5 0 6 2
Mercedes GLK
model tested: 2011 2 2 4 3 4 1 1 -1 -6 0
Mercedes M class
model tested: 2012 3 4 6 7 3 1 2 -3 -3 0
model tested: 2006 1 1 2 2 3 -2 -2 -3 -8 0
model tested: 1999 12 11 6 6 8 2 1 3 1 2
Volvo XC60
model tested: 2010 3 4 4 7 3 1 1 -1 -6 0
Volvo XC90
model tested: 2003 7 10 11 11 5 2 0 -1 0 1

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
Acura MDX
model tested: 2007 199 no contact 1.0 8 0.25 29 0.0 2.2 1 1 0.37 0.46 2.0 2.5 61 44
model tested: 2001 238 no contact 1.3 21 0.27 32 2.2 0.7 0 2 0.27 0.38 0.7 2.5 37 66
Acura RDX
model tested: 2013 204 no contact 0.8 22 0.18 25 0.4 0.8 0 0 0.45 0.62 2.3 2.3 71 85
model tested: 2007 220 no contact 0.1 17 0.22 28 0.3 1.9 4 3 0.38 0.96 1.8 4.4 77 69
Acura ZDX
model tested: 2010 124 no contact 0.8 18 0.21 25 0.3 0.2 1 1 0.32 0.48 3.1 2.5 58 85
Audi Q5
model tested: 2009 423 no contact 1.6 10 0.34 39 1.8 4.3 0 1 0.24 0.70 1.5 4.1 57 67
BMW X3
model tested: 2011 194 no contact 0.8 7 0.17 30 0.8 1.9 0 2 0.41 0.43 2.2 2.2 52 46
model tested: 2008 539 no contact 1.2 18 0.31 42 0.7 1.4 0 0 0.45 0.32 2.0 1.9 63 51
BMW X5
model tested: 2007 225 no contact 1.0 10 0.24 41 0.2 1.2 0 0 0.29 0.47 1.7 2.7 39 53
model tested: 2001 177 21 1.2 13 0.20 38 0.8 1.2 0 1 0.46 0.37 1.3 1.4 51 146
Cadillac SRX
model tested: 2010 174 no contact 0.7 16 0.17 30 0.4 0.4 0 0 0.29 0.86 1.8 3.4 49 111
model tested: 2004 478 95 2.0 25 0.41 35 4.4 3.2 0 2 0.29 0.20 3.1 3.0 97 75
Infiniti EX
model tested: 2008 237 38 1.1 21 0.26 33 1.7 1.5 3 10 0.46 0.73 1.8 2.1 112 59
Infiniti FX
model tested: 2009 242 no contact 1.5 18 0.27 29 2.3 1.5 0 0 0.31 0.26 1.4 2.4 50 75
model tested: 2003 539 87 1.1 21 0.24 24 1.9 3.5 0 0 0.28 0.36 1.7 1.9 68 78
Lexus RX
model tested: 2010 207 16 1.5 16 0.33 33 1.0 1.2 1 2 0.57 0.31 2.5 2.4 49 61
model tested: 2004 360 101 2.0 31 0.33 26 1.0 1.5 1 4 0.34 0.37 2.6 2.4 53 52
Lexus RX 300
model tested: 1999 184 no contact 1.0 12 0.22 32 5.1 2.7 0 6 0.72 0.45 1.2 2.1 61 51
Lincoln MKT
model tested: 2010 194 no contact 1.5 9 0.35 44 1.9 1.2 0 0 0.41 0.47 1.2 3.5 57 129
Mercedes GLK
model tested: 2011 208 53 1.2 18 0.28 39 1.4 1.8 0 1 0.36 0.83 2.6 3.5 59 68
Mercedes M class
model tested: 2012 233 no contact 1.2 5 0.26 34 1.5 1.2 1 1 0.42 0.44 2.7 3.5 57 117
model tested: 2006 205 20 0.7 10 0.21 33 0.1 3.1 0 1 0.71 0.59 3.1 2.7 135 104
model tested: 1999 308 66 2.4 34 0.42 42 3.5 1.8 7 8 0.48 0.40 2.7 1.5 69 62
Volvo XC60
model tested: 2010 188 11 1.0 4 0.19 39 2.1 0.7 1 0 0.26 0.68 1.2 2.8 44 62
Volvo XC90
model tested: 2003 135 27 1.4 8 0.29 38 6.3 5.0 3 0 0.34 0.37 1.1 2.9 54 93

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