2002 Honda Accord

midsize car / 4-door sedan

2002 Honda Accord 4-door sedan
1998 Honda Accord 4-door sedan shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
A

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: 1998 Honda Accord LX 4-door
Rating applies to 1998-2002 models

The Honda Accord was redesigned for the 1998 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
A
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Leg/foot, left
G
Leg/foot, right
P
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CF98001
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 9
Left (cm) 18
Center (cm) 21
Right (cm) 17
Brake pedal (cm) 12
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 2
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 6
Rearward (cm) 1
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 3

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CF98001
Head
HIC-15 169
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 13
Maximum Nij 0.28
Chest maximum compression (mm) 32
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 3.6
Femur force - right (kN) 2.0
Knee displacement - left (mm) 3
Knee displacement - right (mm) 8
Maximum tibia index - left 0.47
Maximum tibia index - right 1.39
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.6
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.0
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 69
Right 61

About the original moderate overlap front test