1995 Ford Taurus
large car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Tested vehicle: 1995 Ford Taurus GL 4-door
Rating applies to 1994-95 models
The Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable were introduced in the 1986 model year. Frontal airbags for both the driver and passenger were introduced as options beginning with the 1992 model year and were made standard for the Sable in 1993 and for the Taurus in 1994.
| 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 | CF95013 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 10 |
| Left (cm) | 13 |
| Center (cm) | 17 |
| Right (cm) | 15 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 13 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 4 |
| Right (cm) | 4 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 10 |
| Rearward (cm) | 1 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 4 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF95013 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 183 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 72 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.5 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 22 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.26 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 23 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.8 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 2.8 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 3 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 0 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.37 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.34 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 0.7 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 1.1 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 71 |
| Right | 52 |