2006 Acura CSX (Canada only)

small car / 4-door sedan

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G
Roof strength
G
Head restraints & seats
G

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

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

Moderate overlap front: original test

Tested vehicle: 2006 Honda Civic LX 4-door
Rating applies to 2006-11 models

The Honda Civic was redesigned for the 2006 model year. The moderate overlap frontal crash test ratings also apply to the Acura CSX, a variant of the Civic sold only in Canada.

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

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0530
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 9
Left (cm) 8
Center (cm) 9
Right (cm) 6
Brake pedal (cm) 7
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 2
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 2
Rearward (cm) -2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0530
Head
HIC-15 307
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.2
Extension bending moment (Nm) 29
Maximum Nij 0.25
Chest maximum compression (mm) 33
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 1.9
Femur force - right (kN) 0.6
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.39
Maximum tibia index - right 0.41
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.5
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 1.6
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 77
Right 44

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2006 Honda Civic LX 4-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2006-11 models

The Honda Civic was redesigned for the 2006 model year. The side impact crash test ratings also apply to the Acura CSX, a variant of the Civic sold only in Canada.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
A
Pelvis/leg
G
Driver head protection
G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0530
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -10.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0530
Head HIC-15 476
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.4
Compression (kN) 0.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 46
Lateral force (kN) 1.8
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 46
Average deflection (mm) 36
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.97
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.86
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 3.6
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.4
Combined force (kN) 5.0
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.3
L-M moment (Nm) 139
A-P moment (Nm) 14

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0530
Head HIC-15 294
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.3
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 45
Lateral force (kN) 1.9
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 38
Average deflection (mm) 32
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.83
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.76
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.3
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.5
Combined force (kN) 3.7
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.9
L-M moment (Nm) 111
A-P moment (Nm) 46

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2010 Honda Civic LX 4-door
Rating applies to 2006-11 models

Overall evaluation
G
Curb weight 2,760 lbs
Peak force 12,532 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 4.48

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: All seats AHR

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type All seats AHR
Geometry
Backset (mm) 28
Distance below top of head (mm) 52
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 13.7
Head contact time (ms) 62
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 52
Max neck tension (N) 677

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