1999 Lincoln Continental

large luxury car / 4-door sedan

1999 Lincoln Continental 4-door sedan
1997 Lincoln Continental 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 Lincoln Continental 4-door
Rating applies to 1995-2002 models

The Lincoln Continental was redesigned for the 1995 model year.

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

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CF97006
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 17
Left (cm) 23
Center (cm) 25
Right (cm) 22
Brake pedal (cm) 23
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 13
Right (cm) 12
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 6
Rearward (cm) 8
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 11

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CF97006
Head
HIC-15 248
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.6
Extension bending moment (Nm) 40
Maximum Nij 0.32
Chest maximum compression (mm) 33
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 9.0
Femur force - right (kN) 2.3
Knee displacement - left (mm) 5
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 1.61
Maximum tibia index - right 0.84
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.6
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 1.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 79
Right 50

About the original moderate overlap front test