2008 Scion tC

small car / 2-door hatchback

Crashworthiness

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

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 2005-10 models

Tested vehicle: 2009 Scion tC 2-door

The Scion tC was introduced in the 2005 model year.

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 well.

A high head acceleration occurred when the dummy's head hit the steering wheel through the airbag.

Forces on the lower right leg were high enough to indicate the possibility of injuries.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF0908
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 8
Left (cm) 11
Center (cm) 12
Right (cm) 7
Brake pedal (cm) 2
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 1
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 4
Rearward (cm) 0
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 2

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF0908
Head
HIC-15 440
Peak gs at hard contact 81
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.2
Extension bending moment (Nm) 7
Maximum Nij 0.31
Chest maximum compression (mm) 0
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.8
Femur force - right (kN) 2.2
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.47
Maximum tibia index - right 1.09
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.1
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 4.7
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 64
Right 90

How the moderate overlap front test is conducted

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2005-10 models

Tested vehicle: 2009 Scion tC 2-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags

The Scion tC was introduced in the 2005 model year.

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 door 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 curtain airbag.

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 CES0912
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -12.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Test ID CES0912
Head HIC-15 546
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Compression (kN) 0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 34
Lateral force (kN) 3.0
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 32
Average deflection (mm) 23
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 9.88
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.95
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 3.8
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.2
Combined force (kN) 4.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.6
L-M moment (Nm) 237
A-P moment (Nm) 108

Passenger injury measures

Test ID CES0912
Head HIC-15 295
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.5
Compression (kN) 0.5
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 35
Lateral force (kN) 1.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 26
Average deflection (mm) 14
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.08
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.37
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.3
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.9
Combined force (kN) 1.9
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.3
L-M moment (Nm) 224
A-P moment (Nm) -52

How the side crash 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) 48
Distance below top of head (mm) 66
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g) 11.1
Head contact time (ms) 90
Force rating 2
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 170
Max neck tension (N) 874

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

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