2001 BMW 3 series
midsize luxury car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Tested vehicle: 2000 BMW 328i 4-door
Rating applies to 2000-05 models built after November 1999
The BMW 3 Series was redesigned for the 1999 model year.
All 2000 and later 3 Series models manufactured after November 1999 include structural changes to improve occupant protection in frontal crashes (note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on or near the driver door).
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated the crashworthiness of a BMW 328i with the structural changes in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test into a deformable barrier.
| Evaluation criteria | Rating |
|---|---|
| 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
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF00006 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 17 |
| Left (cm) | 16 |
| Center (cm) | 13 |
| Right (cm) | 8 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 5 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 5 |
| Right (cm) | 2 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 6 |
| Rearward (cm) | 0 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 3 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF00006 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 328 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 21 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.5 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 9 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.31 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 30 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 2.1 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 2.0 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 3 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 2 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.53 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.64 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.4 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 2.3 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 67 |
| Right | 69 |