2015 Audi Q3

small SUV / 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

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

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Evaluation criteria Rating
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle
Not available

Other available safety features

  • Optional blind spot detection

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

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

Small overlap front: driver-side

Tested vehicle: 2016 Audi Q3 2.0T Premium Plus 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2015-18 models

The Audi Q3 was introduced in the 2015 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
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 CEN1519
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 10
Footrest (cm) 3
Left toepan (cm) 2
Brake pedal (cm) 2
Parking brake (cm)
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 4
Upper occupant compartment
Steering column 1
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 7
Upper dash (cm) 7
Lower instrument panel (cm) 8

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEN1519
Head
HIC-15 120
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 17
Maximum Nij 0.23
Chest maximum compression (mm) 19
Femur (kN)
Left 2.2
Right 0.1
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 1
Right 0
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.31
Right 0.48
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 1.0
Right 0.0
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 33
Right 42

About the small overlap front test

Moderate overlap front: original test

Tested vehicle: 2016 Audi Q3 2.0T Premium Plus 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2015-18 models

The Audi Q3 was introduced in the 2015 model year.

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 CEF1501
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 1
Left (cm) 1
Center (cm) 1
Right (cm) 1
Brake pedal (cm) 3
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 1
Right (cm) -1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -1
Rearward (cm) -8
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF1501
Head
HIC-15 217
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.2
Extension bending moment (Nm) 9
Maximum Nij 0.20
Chest maximum compression (mm) 29
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.2
Femur force - right (kN) 0.2
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.27
Maximum tibia index - right 0.26
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.2
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 1.4
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 49
Right 76

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2016 Audi Q3 2.0T Premium Plus 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2015-18 models

The Audi Q3 was introduced in the 2015 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
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 CES1503
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -14.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES1503
Head HIC-15 163
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 37
Lateral force (kN) 1.4
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 32
Average deflection (mm) 29
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.12
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.46
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 3.3
Acetabulum force (kN) 0.9
Combined force (kN) 4.1
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.2
L-M moment (Nm) 62
A-P moment (Nm) -13

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES1503
Head HIC-15 262
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.3
Compression (kN) 0.5
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 38
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 32
Average deflection (mm) 21
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.62
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.36
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.1
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.5
Combined force (kN) 2.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.5
L-M moment (Nm) 59
A-P moment (Nm) -37

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2016 Audi Q3 2.0T Premium Plus 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2015-18 models

Overall evaluation
G
Curb weight 3,670 lbs
Peak force 15,147 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 4.13

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Power leather seat

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Power leather seat
Geometry
Backset (mm) 31
Distance below top of head (mm) 18
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) 0
Max neck tension (N) 351

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