2010 Honda Insight

small car / 4-door hatchback

2010 Honda Insight 4-door hatchback

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G
Roof strength
A
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: 2010 Honda Insight LX 4-door
Rating applies to 2010-14 models

The Honda Insight was redesigned for the 2010 model year after a three-year absence from the market.

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 CEF0911
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 6
Left (cm) 10
Center (cm) 11
Right (cm) 9
Brake pedal (cm) 6
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 1
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 1
Rearward (cm) -1
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 2

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0911
Head
HIC-15 347
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.6
Extension bending moment (Nm) 39
Maximum Nij 0.35
Chest maximum compression (mm) 26
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 1.5
Femur force - right (kN) 3.0
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 4
Maximum tibia index - left 0.31
Maximum tibia index - right 0.47
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.7
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.1
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 87
Right 69

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2010 Honda Insight LX 4-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2010 models

The Honda Insight was redesigned for the 2010 model year after a three-year absence from the market.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
A
Pelvis/leg
G
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 CES0916
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -8.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0916
Head HIC-15 601
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Compression (kN) 0.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 55
Lateral force (kN) 1.9
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 42
Average deflection (mm) 38
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.68
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.96
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.6
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.2
Combined force (kN) 1.9
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.6
L-M moment (Nm) 94
A-P moment (Nm) 56

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0916
Head HIC-15 290
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.5
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 49
Lateral force (kN) 2.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 42
Average deflection (mm) 30
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.32
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.79
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.6
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.5
Combined force (kN) 2.7
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.8
L-M moment (Nm) 89
A-P moment (Nm) 44

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2011 Honda Insight 4-door
Rating applies to 2010-11 models

Overall evaluation
A
Curb weight 2,700 lbs
Peak force 8,970 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 3.32

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual cloth seats AHR

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Manual cloth seats AHR
Geometry
Backset (mm) 48
Distance below top of head (mm) 10
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 10.2
Head contact time (ms) 53
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 13
Max neck tension (N) 190

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