2008 Honda CR-V

small SUV / 4-door SUV

2008 Honda CR-V 4-door SUV
2007 Honda CR-V shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G
Roof strength
M
Head restraints & seats
G

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: 2007 Honda CR-V EX 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2007-11 models

The Honda CR-V was redesigned for the 2007 model year. Frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Honda.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Leg/foot, left
G
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 VTF0611
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 2
Left (cm) 6
Center (cm) 5
Right (cm) 5
Brake pedal (cm) 7
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 0
Right (cm) 0
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 1
Rearward (cm) -1
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF0611
Head
HIC-15 223
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Extension bending moment (Nm) 8
Maximum Nij 0.17
Chest maximum compression (mm) 30
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.3
Femur force - right (kN) 0.8
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.57
Maximum tibia index - right 0.64
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 3.3
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 3.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 92
Right 84

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2007 Honda CR-V LX 4-door 4wd with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2007-11 models

The Honda CR-V was redesigned for the 2007 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
A
Driver head protection
G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0641
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -13.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0641
Head HIC-15 266
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.1
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 43
Lateral force (kN) 1.8
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 34
Average deflection (mm) 30
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.78
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.49
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 2.8
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.8
Combined force (kN) 5.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.6
L-M moment (Nm) 71
A-P moment (Nm) 31

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0641
Head HIC-15 197
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.1
Compression (kN) 0.8
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 41
Lateral force (kN) 1.7
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 33
Average deflection (mm) 28
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.41
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.51
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.2
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.4
Combined force (kN) 4.1
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.3
L-M moment (Nm) 73
A-P moment (Nm) 54

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2009 Honda CR-V LX 4-door 2wd
Rating applies to 2007-11 models

(Curb weight taken from 2007 Honda CR-V LX 4-door 4wd)

Overall evaluation
M
Curb weight 3,469 lbs
Peak force 9,711 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 2.80

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: All seats AHR

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type All seats AHR
Geometry
Backset (mm) 40
Distance below top of head (mm) 48
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 12.3
Head contact time (ms) 61
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 26
Max neck tension (N) 453

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