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.

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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