2015 Chevrolet Spark

minicar / 4-door hatchback

2015 Chevrolet Spark 4-door hatchback
2014 Chevrolet Spark shown

Crashworthiness

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

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle
Not available

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.

Small overlap front: driver-side

Rating applies to 2013-15 models

Tested vehicle: 2013 Chevrolet Spark LS 4-door

The Chevrolet Spark was introduced in the 2013 model year.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Hip/thigh
Lower leg/foot
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
The dummy’s movement was reasonably well controlled. The dummy’s head contacted the frontal airbag but nearly slid off the left side, leaving the head vulnerable to contact with forward side structure. The side curtain airbag deployed but does not have sufficient forward coverage to protect the head from contact with forward side structure and outside objects.

Action shot taken during the small overlap frontal crash test.

The dummy's position in relation to the door frame, steering wheel, and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space was not maintained well.

The dummy’s head contacted the frontal airbag but then nearly slid off the left side. The inflated portion of the side curtain airbag did not extend quite far enough forward toward the A-pillar to protect the head from contact with forward side structure.

Despite considerable intrusion by the instrument panel and door hinge pillar, risk of injuries to the dummy's legs and feet was low.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEN1335
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 14
Footrest (cm) 9
Left toepan (cm) 4
Brake pedal (cm) 4
Parking brake (cm)
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 4
Upper occupant compartment
Steering column 9
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 13
Upper dash (cm) 14
Lower instrument panel (cm) 11

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEN1335
Head
HIC-15 97
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Extension bending moment (Nm) 14
Maximum Nij 0.24
Chest maximum compression (mm) 24
Femur (kN)
Left 4.3
Right 0.8
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 9
Right 1
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 2
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.72
Right 0.50
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 2.3
Right 1.6
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 130
Right 59

About the small overlap front test

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2013-15 models

Tested vehicle: 2013 Chevrolet Spark LS 4-door

The Chevrolet Spark was introduced in the 2013 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 moderate overlap frontal 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 very well.

Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head contacted the side curtain airbag during rebound.

Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal, and all leg and foot injury measures were low.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF1306
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 5
Left (cm) 6
Center (cm) 7
Right (cm) 5
Brake pedal (cm) 7
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 1
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -3
Rearward (cm) -4
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF1306
Head
HIC-15 459
Peak gs at hard contact 74
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.2
Extension bending moment (Nm) 10
Maximum Nij 0.30
Chest maximum compression (mm) 28
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.4
Femur force - right (kN) 0.7
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.42
Maximum tibia index - right 0.51
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.9
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 3.7
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 85
Right 81

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2013-15 models

Tested vehicle: 2013 Chevrolet Spark LS 4-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front and rear seat-mounted torso airbags

The Chevrolet Spark was introduced in the 2013 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 doors 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.

The final position of the rear passenger dummy's head after the crash along with smeared greasepaint shows where the head was protected by the side airbag.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES1307
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

Test ID CES1307
Head HIC-15 316
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.1
Compression (kN) 0.4
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 35
Lateral force (kN) 1.6
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 32
Average deflection (mm) 29
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 5.03
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.60
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.4
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.3
Combined force (kN) 3.7
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.3
L-M moment (Nm) 220
A-P moment (Nm) -27

Passenger injury measures

Test ID CES1307
Head HIC-15 104
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.1
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 4
Lateral force (kN) 0.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 40
Average deflection (mm) 32
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.10
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.41
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.7
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.7
Combined force (kN) 2.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.8
L-M moment (Nm) 147
A-P moment (Nm) 62

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Rating applies to 2013-15 models

Tested vehicle: 2013 Chevrolet Spark LS 4-door

Overall evaluation
Curb weight 2,296 lbs
Peak force 10,166 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 4.43

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual cloth seat

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Manual cloth seat
Geometry
Backset (mm) 14
Distance below top of head (mm) 16
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 11.9
Head contact time (ms) 47
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 0
Max neck tension (N) 235

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