2010 Chevrolet Traverse

large SUV / 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test
Head restraints & seats

Other available safety features

  • Standard daytime running lights

Key

  • G
    Good
  • A
    Acceptable
  • M
    Marginal
  • P
    Poor
  • Superior
  • Advanced
  • Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2009-17 models

Tested vehicle: 2008 GMC Acadia SLE 4-door 4wd

The GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook were introduced in the 2007 model year. The Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse were introduced in the 2008 and 2009 model years, respectively. The Outlook was discontinued after the 2009 model year.

For the 2017 model year, the Acadia large SUV was renamed the Acadia Limited and sold when new only to fleets. The Acadia Limited shares no ratings with the 2017-18 GMC Acadia, redesigned for 2017, and the 2018 Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse, redesigned for 2018. All three current models are now midsize SUVs.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Leg/foot, left
Leg/foot, right
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics

Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.

The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained very well.

Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head contacted the side curtain airbag during rebound.

Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal, and all leg and foot injury measures were low.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF0813
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 4
Left (cm) 6
Center (cm) 5
Right (cm) 4
Brake pedal (cm) 4
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 3
Right (cm) 3
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -3
Rearward (cm) -2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF0813
Head
HIC-15 168
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Extension bending moment (Nm) 31
Maximum Nij 0.34
Chest maximum compression (mm) 23
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 2.6
Femur force - right (kN) 3.4
Knee displacement - left (mm) 2
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.70
Maximum tibia index - right 0.44
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.1
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.3
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 72
Right 55

How the moderate overlap front test is conducted

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2009-17 models

Tested vehicle: 2008 GMC Acadia SLE 4-door 4wd with standard head curtain airbags for all three rows of seats and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags

The GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook were introduced in the 2007 model year. The Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse were introduced in the 2008 and 2009 model years, respectively. The Outlook was discontinued after the 2009 model year.

For the 2017 model year, the Acadia large SUV was renamed the Acadia Limited and sold when new only to fleets. The Acadia Limited shares no ratings with the 2017-18 GMC Acadia, redesigned for 2017, and the 2018 Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse, redesigned for 2018. All three current models are now midsize SUVs.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Driver head protection
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Rear passenger head protection

View of the vehicle and barrier just after the crash test.

View of the vehicle after the crash with doors removed, showing the side airbags and damage to the occupant compartment.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the driver dummy's head was protected from being hit by hard structures by the side airbags.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the rear passenger dummy’s head was protected by the side airbag.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0835
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -17.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Test ID CES0835
Head HIC-15 55
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.7
Compression (kN) 0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 33
Lateral force (kN) 1.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 42
Average deflection (mm) 30
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.61
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.77
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.5
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.9
Combined force (kN) 4.0
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.9
L-M moment (Nm) 122
A-P moment (Nm) 34

Passenger injury measures

Test ID CES0835
Head HIC-15 101
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.0
Compression (kN) 0.7
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 40
Lateral force (kN) 1.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 27
Average deflection (mm) 21
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.32
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.26
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.2
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.1
Combined force (kN) 3.1
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.6
L-M moment (Nm) 111
A-P moment (Nm) -25

How the side crash test is conducted

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual-power cloth seats built after March 2008

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Manual-power cloth seats mfg after March 2008
Geometry
Backset (mm) 36
Distance below top of head (mm) 36
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 9.1
Head contact time (ms) 71
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 58
Max neck tension (N) 643

How the head restraint & seat test is conducted
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.