2012 Lincoln MKX

midsize luxury SUV / 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

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

Other available safety features

  • Optional blind spot detection

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 Ford Edge 4-door 2WD
Rating applies to 2007-14 models

The Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX were introduced in the 2007 model year and restyled for the 2011 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
A
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 CEF0701
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 3
Left (cm) 3
Center (cm) 7
Right (cm) 9
Brake pedal (cm) 2
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 1
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 0
Rearward (cm) -3
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0701
Head
HIC-15 547
Peak gs at hard contact 81
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.5
Extension bending moment (Nm) 9
Maximum Nij 0.31
Chest maximum compression (mm) 38
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 2.4
Femur force - right (kN) 1.3
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.40
Maximum tibia index - right 0.77
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.4
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 3.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 90
Right 130

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2007 Ford Edge 4-door 2WD with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2007-14 models

The Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX were introduced in the 2007 model year and restyled for the 2011 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
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 CES0702
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -9.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0702
Head HIC-15 176
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.4
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 32
Lateral force (kN) 1.6
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 21
Average deflection (mm) 17
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.57
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.21
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.3
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.8
Combined force (kN) 3.8
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.3
L-M moment (Nm) 140
A-P moment (Nm) 31

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0702
Head HIC-15 208
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 32
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 31
Average deflection (mm) 23
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.70
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.33
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.8
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.6
Combined force (kN) 2.8
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.3
L-M moment (Nm) 84
A-P moment (Nm) 36

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2011 Ford Edge SEL 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2011-14 models built after February 2011

Overall evaluation
G
Curb weight 4,330 lbs
Peak force 20,347 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 4.70

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual-power seats built after Jan 2007

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Manual-power seats mfg after Jan 2007
Geometry
Backset (mm) 18
Distance below top of head (mm) 20
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 12.2
Head contact time (ms) 64
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 36
Max neck tension (N) 454

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