HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS

Minivans

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)
Chevrolet Astro
model tested: 1996 27 37 40 29 28 13 12 20 4 7
Chevrolet Uplander
model tested: 2005 8 12 11 9 11 4 4 4 4 1
Dodge Grand Caravan
model tested: 2008 11 14 12 9 7 2 2 2 -4 1
model tested: 2001 7 14 21 20 14 0 1 11 -5 1
  9 19 24 22 17 1 2 9 -2 2
  10 24 26 26 23 4 4 8 0 2
model tested: 1996 17 28 32 29 30 9 9 12 4 5
Ford Aerostar
model tested: 1996 30 31 36 21 36 13 12 21 6 5
Ford Freestar
model tested: 2004 12 12 11 11 10 5 3 9 -1 2
Ford Windstar
model tested: 1999 22 17 18 19 25 6 4 11 3 3
model tested: 1996 18 14 9 13 18 7 4 2 7 9
Honda Odyssey
model tested: 2011 7 7 9 14 3 2 1 5 2 0
model tested: 2005 13 13 11 14 9 1 1 1 3 0
model tested: 1999 4 22 22 16 19 2 1 10 -1 0
model tested: 1996 32 38 37 33 32 13 15 20 5 9
Kia Sedona
model tested: 2012 7 9 15 17 13 2 3 1 1 1
model tested: 2006 8 9 16 17 11 2 5 4 4 1
model tested: 2002 15 18 20 17 22 9 6 13 4 8
Mazda MPV
model tested: 2000 23 29 25 21 19 4 6 6 2 7
model tested: 1996 35 26 29 24 27 15 11 9 7 11
Nissan Quest
model tested: 2011 10 10 13 12 6 2 2 8 3 2
model tested: 2004 6 15 13 13 16 3 4 11 1 1
model tested: 1999 31 40 40 32 36 19 14 22 15 19
model tested: 1996 16 27 32 24 32 13 9 9 8 11
Pontiac Trans Sport/Montana
model tested: 1997 40 51 38 31 36 29 24 6 24 30
Toyota Previa
model tested: 1996 22 25 26 29 27 8 12 17 8 3
Toyota Sienna
model tested: 2011 8 12 7 8 5 3 3 0 -1 2
model tested: 2004 10 15 11 12 4 4 5 -6 5 1
  9 13 8 9 2 2 4 -2 -1 1
model tested: 1998 4 10 6 6 8 2 3 3 2 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
Chevrolet Astro
model tested: 1996 152 31 1.4 8 0.31 34 8.2 2.9 3 0 1.97 0.58 2.3 3.0 83 89
Chevrolet Uplander
model tested: 2005 550 141 2.0 43 0.42 26 5.2 3.1 0 6 0.29 0.44 1.1 1.1 62 43
Dodge Grand Caravan
model tested: 2008 249 17 1.3 14 0.28 32 4.9 2.6 0 5 0.38 0.66 1.6 2.7 68 55
model tested: 2001 602 81 2.0 30 0.43 34 5.2 1.9 1 3 0.60 1.70 1.8 9.3 63 142
  456 no contact 1.9 19 0.41 41 7.7 1.6 0 2 0.48 1.27 1.2 6.6 59 134
  587 71 1.8 18 0.38 51 7.2 2.1 0 2 0.68 1.06 0.9 7.1 71 273
model tested: 1996 534 no contact 2.1 28 0.38 36 7.1 5.9 4 3 1.92 1.93 3.4 3.4 142 157
Ford Aerostar
model tested: 1996 267 81 2.7 34 0.47 34 4.8 2.3 0 1 1.62 0.46 2.6 2.0 61 63
Ford Freestar
model tested: 2004 340 86 1.4 19 0.23 27 2.0 1.4 0 1 0.49 0.31 1.9 2.0 74 61
Ford Windstar
model tested: 1999 183 no contact 1.1 22 0.23 27 2.1 1.5 1 0 0.91 0.48 2.9 1.8 52 60
model tested: 1996 305 no contact 1.2 27 0.43 36 3.2 0.9 0 4 0.59 0.44 1.8 1.6 52 59
Honda Odyssey
model tested: 2011 131 no contact 1.3 53 0.31 24 0.3 0.7 0 0 0.63 0.99 2.5 5.1 185 142
model tested: 2005 238 no contact 1.0 32 0.25 28 4.3 0.3 0 0 0.31 0.47 0.9 2.4 45 99
model tested: 1999 166 no contact 1.2 15 0.27 29 3.0 1.3 0 0 0.44 0.36 1.4 2.5 37 51
model tested: 1996 173 no contact 1.6 30 0.39 37 3.3 2.9 5 5 0.92 2.22 1.7 3.8 63 86
Kia Sedona
model tested: 2012 287 61 1.1 39 0.33 27 3.6 2.7 2 2 0.31 0.25 2.1 2.5 88 88
model tested: 2006 322 47 1.2 24 0.29 36 3.2 3.5 0 0 0.22 0.71 1.9 2.2 64 143
model tested: 2002 332 94 2.5 29 0.40 21 4.5 4.0 4 1 0.21 0.42 0.5 0.9 69 47
Mazda MPV
model tested: 2000 693 no contact 2.8 29 0.44 30 6.3 2.1 5 6 0.44 1.21 1.5 3.1 98 99
model tested: 1996 202 no contact 1.9 35 0.32 29 3.1 3.9 15 0 0.94 0.92 2.7 1.0 98 77
Nissan Quest
model tested: 2011 281 no contact 1.5 31 0.27 34 4.6 2.5 0 0 0.27 0.55 1.4 1.5 55 70
model tested: 2004 470 72 2.0 20 0.33 33 2.6 1.8 0 1 0.40 0.70 1.1 2.3 68 84
model tested: 1999 442 73 1.5 27 0.35 39 2.9 1.5 2 2 1.63 0.89 4.9 5.5 116 123
model tested: 1996 251 74 2.6 14 0.50 38 2.3 4.3 4 2 1.92 1.45 3.4 4.1 154 no data
Pontiac Trans Sport/Montana
model tested: 1997 no data no contact 2.7 117 0.92 23 6.7 4.4 17 0 2.08 1.60 1.6 3.0 no data 98
Toyota Previa
model tested: 1996 552 91 3.9 41 0.65 43 3.3 1.6 2 0 1.01 1.22 1.2 1.7 99 80
Toyota Sienna
model tested: 2011 209 no contact 1.5 22 0.23 31 0.7 1.4 1 1 0.39 0.32 2.2 2.8 70 90
model tested: 2004 127 8 1.4 24 0.33 27 4.7 3.1 no data 1 0.55 0.57 1.0 2.6 81 62
  148 8 1.3 19 0.27 29 4.1 3.6 3 2 0.34 0.46 0.9 2.4 71 53
model tested: 1998 205 no contact 0.8 10 0.23 37 1.8 0.7 0 0 0.32 0.52 0.9 1.7 38 64

Side / Driver side B-pillar intrusion

  B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat* (cm)
Chevrolet Uplander with side airbags
model tested: 2006 4.0
Chevrolet Uplander without side airbags
model tested: 2006 2.5
Chrysler Town & Country with side airbags
model tested: 2012 -10.5
model tested: 2008 -8.0
Dodge Grand Caravan with side airbags
model tested: 2008 -8.0
model tested: 2006 -9.5
Dodge Grand Caravan without side airbags
model tested: 2006 -12.0
Ford Freestar with side airbags
model tested: 2006 2.5
Ford Freestar without side airbags
model tested: 2006 2.0
Honda Odyssey with side airbags
model tested: 2011 -18.5
model tested: 2005 -6.0
Kia Sedona with side airbags
model tested: 2006 -5.5
Mazda MPV without side airbags
model tested: 2005 -1.5
Nissan Quest with side airbags
model tested: 2011 -10.0
model tested: 2006 -7.0
Nissan Quest without side airbags
model tested: 2006 -4.5
Toyota Sienna with side airbags
model tested: 2011 -15.5
model tested: 2005 -8.5
Toyota Sienna without side airbags
model tested: 2005 -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)
Chevrolet Uplander with side airbags
model tested: 2006 444 2.8 0.0 35 2.7 30 25 3.71 0.64 1.3 1.6 2.8 0.2 46 31
Chevrolet Uplander without side airbags
model tested: 2006 480 2.7 0.0 38 2.9 42 35 7.32 1.50 2.0 2.5 4.3 0.5 53 16
Chrysler Town & Country with side airbags
model tested: 2012 246 1.6 0.2 16 0.8 30 29 2.89 0.39 2.6 1.9 4.4 1.1 28 133
Dodge Grand Caravan with side airbags
model tested: 2008 367 2.0 0.0 36 2.1 47 34 3.97 0.65 3.0 2.2 4.9 0.8 107 19
model tested: 2006 273 2.3 0.1 33 2.0 54 37 4.12 1.17 2.7 2.3 4.9 0.3 51 15
Dodge Grand Caravan without side airbags
model tested: 2006 383 2.5 0.1 34 2.1 57 43 5.58 1.30 1.2 1.8 3.1 0.4 48 14
Ford Freestar with side airbags
model tested: 2006 438 2.4 0.0 35 0.9 41 31 6.09 0.99 2.0 3.4 5.1 1.6 167 43
Ford Freestar without side airbags
model tested: 2006 612 2.9 0.3 48 2.3 52 46 5.80 1.54 1.9 3.1 4.7 1.3 137 46
Honda Odyssey with side airbags
model tested: 2011 159 0.8 0.7 22 1.7 22 18 4.56 0.20 1.4 0.9 2.2 0.4 146 25
model tested: 2005 175 1.2 0.2 41 1.9 22 21 4.39 0.49 3.0 0.7 3.3 0.3 86 45
Kia Sedona with side airbags
model tested: 2006 162 1.3 0.2 24 1.4 35 30 4.25 0.43 2.0 0.8 2.5 0.1 27 17
Mazda MPV without side airbags
model tested: 2005 440 2.7 0.4 59 3.0 54 45 7.93 1.65 1.7 3.0 4.6 0.6 81 37
Nissan Quest with side airbags
model tested: 2011 171 1.5 0.6 40 1.8 39 37 4.94 0.48 2.4 1.6 3.9 0.6 23 112
model tested: 2006 207 1.3 0.1 37 1.6 39 32 4.18 0.78 0.4 2.5 2.9 0.5 69 30
Nissan Quest without side airbags
model tested: 2006 338 2.0 0.1 44 2.1 43 28 4.83 0.88 1.2 2.3 3.1 0.6 62 22
Toyota Sienna with side airbags
model tested: 2011 172 0.8 0.0 35 1.3 28 23 2.14 0.35 0.8 2.6 3.0 1.0 23 130
model tested: 2005 121 1.1 0.1 45 2.1 34 31 2.46 0.39 1.3 2.4 3.6 1.0 99 20
Toyota Sienna without side airbags
model tested: 2005 282 2.3 0.0 39 2.6 35 29 4.89 0.65 2.5 2.6 4.4 1.1 124 18

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)
Chevrolet Uplander with side airbags
model tested: 2006 95 1.3 0.1 27 1.3 29 24 1.83 0.29 0.4 3.3 3.4 0.6 91 41
Chevrolet Uplander without side airbags
model tested: 2006 338 2.4 0.1 41 1.8 28 24 3.01 0.38 0.6 3.4 3.7 0.9 183 39
Chrysler Town & Country with side airbags
model tested: 2012 124 0.3 0.3 32 1.3 40 26 4.23 0.80 0.2 2.7 2.7 0.5 54 163
model tested: 2008 84 0.4 0.4 28 1.2 37 23 5.14 0.89 0.2 3.4 3.5 1.1 131 45
Dodge Grand Caravan with side airbags
model tested: 2008 84 0.4 0.4 28 1.2 37 23 5.14 0.89 0.2 3.4 3.5 1.1 131 45
model tested: 2006 100 1.4 0.2 29 0.0 36 22 5.23 0.89 0.1 3.4 3.5 0.6 97 16
Dodge Grand Caravan without side airbags
model tested: 2006 102 1.4 0.2 28 1.2 35 24 6.15 0.87 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 70 18
Ford Freestar with side airbags
model tested: 2006 112 0.1 0.4 35 1.5 34 22 4.71 0.48 1.5 2.1 3.3 0.4 30 42
Ford Freestar without side airbags
model tested: 2006 67 1.1 0.3 32 1.4 33 23 4.39 0.56 1.7 2.8 4.0 0.4 50 42
Honda Odyssey with side airbags
model tested: 2011 99 0.0 0.5 19 1.6 37 32 4.55 0.69 0.4 1.9 2.1 1.0 148 28
model tested: 2005 115 0.7 0.4 42 2.0 46 31 5.02 1.07 1.2 2.2 2.8 0.7 147 39
Kia Sedona with side airbags
model tested: 2006 144 0.3 0.4 32 1.6 38 33 5.29 0.60 0.4 3.4 3.6 0.2 108 20
Mazda MPV without side airbags
model tested: 2005 189 1.7 0.3 38 1.5 47 29 5.88 0.90 2.7 2.9 5.4 1.0 101 40
Nissan Quest with side airbags
model tested: 2011 38 0.6 0.1 30 1.6 24 15 6.03 0.33 0.8 2.2 2.7 0.1 43 52
model tested: 2006 200 1.0 0.3 20 1.5 36 19 4.35 0.53 0.3 3.2 3.2 0.9 204 84
Nissan Quest without side airbags
model tested: 2006 124 1.0 0.1 20 1.5 42 22 4.50 0.86 0.2 3.0 3.0 1.2 166 83
Toyota Sienna with side airbags
model tested: 2011 202 0.4 0.0 41 1.4 27 17 2.46 0.33 1.7 2.2 3.6 0.2 31 67
model tested: 2005 99 0.6 0.2 43 1.5 27 19 2.86 0.35 0.7 3.2 3.5 1.0 134 44
Toyota Sienna without side airbags
model tested: 2005 104 1.5 0.1 40 1.6 23 19 2.82 0.32 0.7 3.2 3.6 1.3 127 36

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