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2013 Honda Civic

small car / 2-door coupe

2013 Honda Civic 2-door coupe

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Small overlap front: driver-side
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test
Roof strength
Head restraints & seats

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Front crash prevention
Not available

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.

Small overlap front: driver-side

Rating applies to 2013-15 models

Tested vehicle: 2013 Honda Civic LX 2-door

The Honda Civic was re-engineered for the 2013 model year.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Hip/thigh
Lower leg/foot
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics

Action shot taken during the small overlap frontal crash test.

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

The frontal and side curtain airbags worked well together to keep the head from coming close to any stiff structure or outside objects that could cause injury.

Forces during the crash contributed to a significant risk of injury to the dummy's left lower leg and a moderate risk to the right lower leg and foot.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEN1301
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 7
Footrest (cm) 9
Left toepan (cm) 8
Brake pedal (cm) 4
Parking brake (cm)
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 0
Upper occupant compartment
Steering column 0
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 4
Upper dash (cm) 4
Lower instrument panel (cm) 4

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEN1301
Head
HIC-15 207
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) no data
Extension bending moment (Nm) no data
Maximum Nij 0.00
Chest maximum compression (mm) 23
Femur (kN)
Left 2.7
Right 0.7
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 3
Right 1
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 1.14
Right 0.95
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 2.6
Right 3.8
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 95
Right 156

How the driver-side small overlap front test is conducted

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2013-15 models

Tested vehicle: 2013 Honda Civic LX 2-door

The Honda Civic was re-engineered for the 2013 model year. Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Honda as part of frontal crash test verification.

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

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTF1219
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 5
Left (cm) 8
Center (cm) 8
Right (cm) 5
Brake pedal (cm) 3
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 0
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 1
Rearward (cm) -2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTF1219
Head
HIC-15 107
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Extension bending moment (Nm) 28
Maximum Nij 0.32
Chest maximum compression (mm) 30
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 1.8
Femur force - right (kN) 0.9
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.28
Maximum tibia index - right 0.64
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.2
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 4.1
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 54
Right 75

How the moderate overlap front test is conducted

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2013-15 models

Tested vehicle: 2013 Honda Civic LX 2-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags

The Honda Civic was re-engineered for the 2013 model year. Side ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Honda as part of side crash test verification.

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
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTS1215
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -19.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTS1215
Head HIC-15 391
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 29
Lateral force (kN) 1.0
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 39
Average deflection (mm) 33
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 6.20
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.55
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.9
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.9
Combined force (kN) 4.5
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.0
L-M moment (Nm) 82
A-P moment (Nm) 249

Passenger injury measures

Test ID VTS1215
Head HIC-15 316
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.7
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 32
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 36
Average deflection (mm) 31
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 5.37
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.55
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.5
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.0
Combined force (kN) 1.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.4
L-M moment (Nm) 24
A-P moment (Nm) 129

How the side crash test is conducted

Roof strength

Rating applies to 2013-15 models

Tested vehicle: 2013 Honda Civic LX 2-door

Overall evaluation
Curb weight 2,752 lbs
Peak force 14,325 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 5.21

How the roof strength test is conducted

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual cloth seats

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Manual cloth seats
Geometry
Backset (mm) 34
Distance below top of head (mm) 32
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 14.1
Head contact time (ms) 68
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 0
Max neck tension (N) 557

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