Small SUVs

Side impact crash test details

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Structure report
  B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat* (cm)
Chevrolet Equinox without side airbags
model tested: 2008 0.0
Ford Escape Hybrid with side airbags
model tested: 2005 -5.5
model tested: 2003 -6.5
Ford Escape Hybrid without side airbags
model tested: 2003 -7.5
Ford Escape with side airbags
model tested: 2005 -5.5
model tested: 2003 -6.5
Ford Escape without side airbags
model tested: 2003 -7.5
Honda CR-V with side airbags
model tested: 2007 -13.0
model tested: 2005 -4.0
Honda CR-V without side airbags
model tested: 2003 0.0
Honda Element with side airbags
model tested: 2008 -10.0
Honda Element without side airbags
model tested: 2003 -5.0
Hyundai Santa Fe with side airbags
model tested: 2003 0.0
Hyundai Tucson with side airbags
model tested: 2006 -5.5
Jeep Patriot with side airbags
model tested: 2008 -16.5
  -15.0
Jeep Wrangler 2-door without side airbags
model tested: 2008 -15.5
Jeep Wrangler without side airbags
model tested: 2003 -12.5
Land Rover Freelander without side airbags
model tested: 2003 1.0
model tested: 2002 0.5
Mitsubishi Outlander with side airbags
model tested: 2008 -9.0
Mitsubishi Outlander without side airbags
model tested: 2003 0.5
Nissan Rogue with side airbags
model tested: 2008 -12.0
Saturn VUE without side airbags
model tested: 2003 -2.0
Subaru Forester with side airbags
model tested: 2009 -11.5
model tested: 2003 -7.0
  -8.0
Suzuki Grand Vitara with side airbags
model tested: 2008 -8.5
Suzuki Grand Vitara without side airbags
model tested: 2003 3.5
Toyota RAV4 with side airbags
model tested: 2006 -7.0
model tested: 2004 -6.5
Toyota RAV4 without side airbags
model tested: 2003 -2.5
Volkswagen Tiguan with side airbags
model tested: 2009 -16.5
*Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.
Driver injury report
  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)
Chevrolet Equinox without side airbags
model tested: 2008 564 2.2 0.0 58 3.1 35 27 6.52 0.92 4.0 2.8 6.7 0.6 56 36
Ford Escape Hybrid with side airbags
model tested: 2005 216 1.7 0.5 47 2.1 32 26 3.45 0.47 2.2 3.8 5.6 0.5 52 31
Ford Escape with side airbags
model tested: 2005 216 1.7 0.5 47 2.1 32 26 3.45 0.47 2.2 3.8 5.6 0.5 52 31
model tested: 2003 215 1.6 0.3 49 1.7 42 39 5.00 0.93 1.5 2.3 3.8 0.4 71 20
Ford Escape without side airbags
model tested: 2003 733 2.2 0.3 65 4.0 57 48 5.64 1.57 1.7 2.8 4.5 0.4 79 24
Honda CR-V with side airbags
model tested: 2007 266 1.1 0.2 43 1.8 34 30 2.78 0.49 2.8 2.8 5.6 0.6 71 31
model tested: 2005 267 2.0 1.0 40 1.7 40 28 4.73 0.73 0.9 1.9 2.4 0.2 64 33
Honda CR-V without side airbags
model tested: 2003 332 2.3 0.1 62 3.5 45 32 6.20 1.14 0.8 2.4 3.2 0.5 134 22
Honda Element with side airbags
model tested: 2008 218 1.1 0.1 34 2.1 38 31 4.20 0.88 1.8 2.6 4.3 0.4 96 21
Honda Element without side airbags
model tested: 2003 427 2.4 0.1 57 2.4 57 43 7.41 1.68 0.9 2.8 3.7 0.4 86 50
Hyundai Santa Fe with side airbags
model tested: 2003 243 1.5 0.1 49 1.8 38 33 5.51 0.76 3.7 1.4 4.8 0.2 50 17
Hyundai Tucson with side airbags
model tested: 2006 295 1.8 0.0 47 1.8 39 31 5.79 0.82 4.7 1.8 6.5 0.4 66 17
Jeep Patriot with side airbags
model tested: 2008 179 1.5 0.0 59 2.2 43 36 4.52 0.77 1.0 2.8 3.5 0.5 114 44
  318 1.3 0.0 66 6.8 51 45 7.06 1.87 1.7 3.1 4.2 0.5 154 64
Jeep Wrangler 2-door without side airbags
model tested: 2008 121 1.5 0.1 46 2.7 57 49 7.68 1.49 2.8 3.6 6.3 0.4 76 39
Jeep Wrangler without side airbags
model tested: 2003 294 2.3 0.0 65 4.1 63 50 8.35 2.45 1.2 3.1 4.2 0.4 34 34
Land Rover Freelander without side airbags
model tested: 2003 281 2.1 0.0 45 3.4 56 42 9.26 2.40 3.3 2.3 5.4 0.4 72 24
Mitsubishi Outlander with side airbags
model tested: 2008 157 1.2 0.1 46 1.6 36 29 5.61 0.59 1.6 2.7 4.1 0.4 85 44
Mitsubishi Outlander without side airbags
model tested: 2003 972 2.6 0.6 45 2.5 55 50 6.62 1.51 6.2 4.3 10.4 0.5 102 29
Nissan Rogue with side airbags
model tested: 2008 74 0.7 0.1 29 1.2 23 21 4.04 0.30 0.7 2.3 2.7 0.8 124 34
Saturn VUE without side airbags
model tested: 2003 553 2.2 0.0 63 3.7 69 54 10.13 2.68 3.2 3.4 6.6 0.6 65 23
Subaru Forester with side airbags
model tested: 2009 247 0.8 0.0 31 1.3 23 22 2.42 0.27 2.6 2.8 5.4 0.7 126 29
model tested: 2003 141 1.0 0.4 58 1.8 44 34 4.48 0.67 3.1 2.5 5.7 0.4 75 34
Suzuki Grand Vitara with side airbags
model tested: 2008 191 0.9 0.1 38 1.8 35 26 3.77 0.65 4.8 1.9 6.6 0.2 80 33
Suzuki Grand Vitara without side airbags
model tested: 2003 958 2.5 0.1 64 2.1 45 38 5.31 0.85 3.6 2.6 6.0 0.5 94 52
Toyota RAV4 with side airbags
model tested: 2006 201 1.3 0.2 40 1.8 30 25 2.00 0.33 1.7 3.4 5.1 0.6 83 22
model tested: 2004 174 1.2 0.2 46 2.1 34 27 2.58 0.50 3.3 2.2 4.9 0.6 40 35
Toyota RAV4 without side airbags
model tested: 2003 338 2.3 0.0 51 3.3 43 33 10.34 1.44 6.7 2.3 9.0 0.8 57 32
Volkswagen Tiguan with side airbags
model tested: 2009 52 0.9 0.1 18 1.0 28 27 4.51 0.53 2.7 2.9 4.3 0.7 87 16
Passenger injury report
  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)
Chevrolet Equinox without side airbags
model tested: 2008 409 0.4 1.0 35 1.8 40 31 4.18 0.68 2.4 3.1 5.1 0.9 45 29
Ford Escape Hybrid with side airbags
model tested: 2005 306 0.3 1.2 38 2.0 37 26 3.54 0.49 0.7 3.4 3.8 0.7 66 16
Ford Escape with side airbags
model tested: 2005 306 0.3 1.2 38 2.0 37 26 3.54 0.49 0.7 3.4 3.8 0.7 66 16
model tested: 2003 490 0.4 1.0 46 1.9 41 31 4.00 0.69 1.6 3.0 4.2 0.3 80 13
Ford Escape without side airbags
model tested: 2003 491 0.4 1.0 46 1.8 43 33 3.79 0.70 1.3 2.8 3.8 0.3 75 13
Honda CR-V with side airbags
model tested: 2007 197 0.1 0.8 41 1.7 33 28 3.41 0.51 1.2 3.4 4.1 0.3 73 54
model tested: 2005 179 0.1 0.7 31 1.9 33 27 3.27 0.44 1.2 3.1 4.0 0.4 68 19
Honda CR-V without side airbags
model tested: 2003 395 0.3 1.5 34 1.5 46 30 6.68 0.95 0.9 3.0 3.7 0.6 86 19
Honda Element with side airbags
model tested: 2008 491 0.0 1.2 26 1.1 20 15 3.05 0.20 0.6 3.5 3.8 0.1 132 17
Honda Element without side airbags
model tested: 2003 170 1.3 0.2 32 1.1 40 25 6.31 0.95 0.4 4.6 4.6 0.3 140 17
Hyundai Santa Fe with side airbags
model tested: 2003 208 1.3 0.3 43 1.7 40 30 5.38 0.82 0.8 2.8 3.3 0.3 101 29
Hyundai Tucson with side airbags
model tested: 2006 141 0.1 0.8 31 1.4 42 33 3.95 0.67 2.6 3.1 5.6 0.6 166 23
Jeep Patriot with side airbags
model tested: 2008 292 0.1 0.8 60 3.7 48 32 4.97 0.98 0.2 2.6 2.6 0.3 131 48
  234 0.0 0.8 58 1.9 44 27 4.46 0.79 0.8 2.5 3.0 0.6 99 35
Jeep Wrangler 2-door without side airbags
model tested: 2008 522 1.6 0.1 11 0.7 24 8 1.78 0.19 1.5 2.1 2.8 0.8 161 90
Jeep Wrangler without side airbags
model tested: 2003 135 0.5 0.5 2 0.2 30 18 3.61 0.46 1.5 1.9 2.0 0.9 185 33
Land Rover Freelander without side airbags
model tested: 2003 784 0.6 1.8 36 1.5 43 33 7.88 1.06 1.3 3.5 4.3 0.3 86 27
model tested: 2002 580 0.5 1.5 30 1.3 29 20 3.34 0.43 1.4 3.1 4.3 0.3 118 38
Mitsubishi Outlander with side airbags
model tested: 2008 182 0.4 0.3 39 1.5 32 20 3.97 0.41 1.1 3.0 3.4 0.5 40 27
Mitsubishi Outlander without side airbags
model tested: 2003 296 0.6 0.7 54 1.8 34 29 5.61 0.79 0.1 2.6 2.5 0.7 122 44
Nissan Rogue with side airbags
model tested: 2008 111 0.0 0.5 32 1.3 23 17 2.52 0.21 0.2 2.6 2.6 0.6 51 28
Saturn VUE without side airbags
model tested: 2003 542 1.6 0.1 46 1.8 43 34 4.80 0.56 0.5 2.9 3.0 0.9 47 26
Subaru Forester with side airbags
model tested: 2009 131 0.0 0.7 35 1.7 24 21 2.26 0.27 1.6 2.8 4.2 0.3 71 14
model tested: 2003 326 0.5 1.2 33 1.6 32 29 3.03 0.41 0.8 2.6 3.2 0.5 64 16
  332 0.5 0.8 33 1.6 34 30 4.03 0.58 1.2 2.7 3.7 0.4 83 14
Suzuki Grand Vitara with side airbags
model tested: 2008 173 0.0 0.6 26 1.3 19 14 1.94 0.15 2.1 1.5 3.4 0.5 83 42
Suzuki Grand Vitara without side airbags
model tested: 2003 550 0.7 1.3 49 1.8 38 31 5.42 0.79 0.1 2.4 2.3 0.4 59 59
Toyota RAV4 with side airbags
model tested: 2006 117 0.2 0.4 31 1.9 38 22 3.26 0.62 1.1 3.2 3.9 0.9 68 28
model tested: 2004 210 0.1 0.4 37 1.8 32 28 4.03 0.47 1.9 3.7 5.0 0.8 84 42
Toyota RAV4 without side airbags
model tested: 2003 206 1.3 0.2 49 2.0 45 33 3.90 0.80 3.9 2.7 6.4 0.3 69 23
Volkswagen Tiguan with side airbags
model tested: 2009 129 0.0 0.7 33 1.3 28 21 2.96 0.31 0.7 2.3 2.6 1.0 81 20

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