2011 BMW X5

midsize luxury SUV / 4-door SUV

2011 BMW X5 4-door SUV
2007 BMW X5 shown

Crashworthiness

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

Other available safety features

  • Optional lane departure warning

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: 2007 BMW X5 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2007-13 models

The BMW X5 was redesigned for the 2007 model year. Frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by BMW.

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 VTF0615
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 2
Left (cm) 5
Center (cm) 6
Right (cm) 4
Brake pedal (cm) 3
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 0
Right (cm) 0
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 1
Rearward (cm) -5
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 2

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF0615
Head
HIC-15 225
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Extension bending moment (Nm) 10
Maximum Nij 0.24
Chest maximum compression (mm) 41
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.2
Femur force - right (kN) 1.2
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.29
Maximum tibia index - right 0.47
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.7
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.7
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 39
Right 53

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2007 BMW X5 3.0si 4-door 4wd with standard head curtain airbags for front and second row seats and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2007-13 models

The BMW X5 was redesigned for the 2007 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 CES0731
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -19.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0731
Head HIC-15 63
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 32
Lateral force (kN) 1.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 38
Average deflection (mm) 34
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.97
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.68
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 2.8
Acetabulum force (kN) 0.9
Combined force (kN) 3.7
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.1
L-M moment (Nm) 69
A-P moment (Nm) -37

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0731
Head HIC-15 49
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.1
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 12
Lateral force (kN) 0.8
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 24
Average deflection (mm) 14
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 1.96
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.22
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.4
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.9
Combined force (kN) 2.1
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.3
L-M moment (Nm) 52
A-P moment (Nm) -19

About the original side crash test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Standard seats AHR

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Standard seats AHR
Geometry
Backset (mm) 38
Distance below top of head (mm) 18
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 16.1
Head contact time (ms) 63
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 1
Max neck tension (N) 330

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

Seat type: Comfort seats AHR

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Comfort seats AHR
Geometry
Backset (mm) 22
Distance below top of head (mm) -4
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 11.3
Head contact time (ms) 52
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 1
Max neck tension (N) 291

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