Moderate overlap front: original test
Tested vehicle: 2001 Chrysler LHS 4-door
Rating applies to 2001-04 models
The Chrysler LHS was redesigned for the 1999 model year, and the Chrysler 300M was introduced the same year. Both were modified beginning with 2001 models to change airbag deployment characteristics. The LHS was renamed the Concorde Limited beginning with 2002 models.
| 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 | CF00030 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 15 |
| Left (cm) | 21 |
| Center (cm) | 28 |
| Right (cm) | 17 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 21 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 8 |
| Right (cm) | 7 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 6 |
| Rearward (cm) | 6 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 8 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF00030 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 332 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | no contact |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 2.0 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 20 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.39 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 22 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 6.2 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 2.4 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 3 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 6 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.14 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.82 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.5 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 4.7 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 71 |
| Right | 81 |