HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS

Minicars

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 Aveo
model tested: 2007 17 25 22 17 21 6 4 -1 6 6
Fiat 500
model tested: 2012 4 8 6 6 1 1 1 3 1 1
  4 9 8 6 1 1 0 5 0 1
Ford Fiesta sedan
model tested: 2011 6 8 8 4 5 2 1 1 -1 1
Honda Fit
model tested: 2009 3 5 5 6 7 1 0 0 -2 0
  6 10 13 8 9 1 1 2 -1 1
model tested: 2007 7 10 10 11 4 1 1 -2 2 1
  6 9 9 10 3 1 1 1 1 1
Hyundai Accent
model tested: 2012 5 12 7 4 8 2 0 -7 -3 1
model tested: 2007 9 12 10 11 4 4 3 -1 -2 2
Kia Rio
model tested: 2012 7 11 8 4 5 1 0 -3 -3 1
Mazda 2
model tested: 2011 3 4 4 4 5 1 0 2 -1 0
Mini Cooper
model tested: 2007 5 9 9 10 6 3 2 -1 1 1
model tested: 2002 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 1 0 5
Nissan Versa sedan
model tested: 2012 6 10 9 10 4 2 3 3 -1 2
Scion xB
model tested: 2006 10 13 9 6 5 4 3 1 1 2
Toyota Prius c
model tested: 2012 7 12 10 8 5 4 4 -2 0 2
Toyota Yaris hatchback
model tested: 2012 3 9 6 4 6 2 1 -2 -5 2
Toyota Yaris sedan
model tested: 2007 3 10 6 5 4 1 1 -6 -1 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 Aveo
model tested: 2007 239 72 1.2 26 0.25 32 5.7 1.6 1 0 1.04 0.82 1.1 3.4 87 95
Fiat 500
model tested: 2012 800 144 1.0 27 0.49 28 0.8 1.2 2 3 0.57 0.42 2.4 3.7 61 122
  592 89 1.4 34 0.26 24 1.5 1.6 5 4 0.75 0.59 2.6 3.7 90 158
Ford Fiesta sedan
model tested: 2011 315 no contact 1.3 27 0.24 26 1.7 0.7 1 0 0.31 0.34 2.4 2.0 66 64
Honda Fit
model tested: 2009 335 no contact 1.1 15 0.27 28 0.4 0.2 0 0 0.32 0.45 2.0 2.6 62 63
  264 no contact 1.2 15 0.23 24 0.4 2.0 1 1 0.29 0.48 2.3 2.2 47 62
model tested: 2007 363 no contact 1.7 27 0.31 31 0.2 1.0 2 1 0.76 0.89 3.6 3.8 104 98
Hyundai Accent
model tested: 2012 304 25 2.5 20 0.40 33 0.2 2.1 0 2 0.26 0.49 2.4 3.4 72 60
model tested: 2007 375 109 1.2 20 0.37 36 0.8 5.8 4 17 0.52 1.46 2.6 5.8 57 81
Kia Rio
model tested: 2012 256 no contact 1.7 24 0.42 34 0.3 0.6 0 0 0.63 0.46 1.6 2.6 68 47
Mazda 2
model tested: 2011 178 no contact 1.2 25 0.36 33 3.0 0.4 0 1 0.21 0.43 2.0 1.8 51 45
Mini Cooper
model tested: 2007 226 76 1.9 17 0.36 28 0.5 1.7 1 1 0.48 0.51 2.3 2.6 47 64
model tested: 2002 205 no contact 1.7 29 0.30 31 3.0 3.8 10 11 0.71 0.73 3.6 3.2 94 82
Nissan Versa sedan
model tested: 2012 245 no contact 1.2 20 0.22 40 3.2 2.5 0 4 0.24 0.60 1.8 1.7 54 54
Scion xB
model tested: 2006 273 7 2.3 29 0.37 31 1.2 4.5 2 4 0.20 0.56 1.2 2.6 53 73
Toyota Prius c
model tested: 2012 291 76 1.7 26 0.30 34 1.7 1.5 2 2 0.41 0.51 2.7 1.5 70 43
Toyota Yaris hatchback
model tested: 2012 258 43 2.1 21 0.33 26 1.1 1.4 1 2 0.45 0.42 2.4 2.5 89 115
Toyota Yaris sedan
model tested: 2007 612 92 1.9 16 0.42 29 4.8 0.8 0 0 0.37 0.44 2.1 2.3 59 74

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