1998 Honda Civic

small car / 4-door sedan

1998 Honda Civic 4-door sedan
1997 Honda Civic 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: 1997 Honda Civic LX 4 dr
Rating applies to 1996-2000 models

The Honda Civic was redesigned for the 1996 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
A
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
A
Leg/foot, left
A
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 CF97009
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 19
Left (cm) 24
Center (cm) 22
Right (cm) 18
Brake pedal (cm) 17
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 7
Right (cm) 5
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 6
Rearward (cm) 6
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 5

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CF97009
Head
HIC-15 241
Peak gs at hard contact 14
Neck
Tension (kN) 2.0
Extension bending moment (Nm) 15
Maximum Nij 0.34
Chest maximum compression (mm) 54
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 3.3
Femur force - right (kN) 3.4
Knee displacement - left (mm) 12
Knee displacement - right (mm) 2
Maximum tibia index - left 0.85
Maximum tibia index - right 0.79
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 0.9
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.3
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 71
Right 107

About the original moderate overlap front test