2002 Mazda Protege
small car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Tested vehicle: 1999 Mazda Protegé LX 4-door
Rating applies to 1999-2003 models
The Mazda Protege was redesigned for the 1999 model year.
| Evaluation criteria | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall evaluation | |
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Leg/foot, left | |
| Leg/foot, right | |
| Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Dummy movement was reasonably well controlled. During rebound, the dummy moved toward the driver door. Its head went part of the way out the open window and approached but didn't hit the window frame. |
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Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF99005 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 24 |
| Left (cm) | 29 |
| Center (cm) | 27 |
| Right (cm) | 21 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 21 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 6 |
| Right (cm) | 4 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 4 |
| Rearward (cm) | 3 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 5 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF99005 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 230 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | no contact |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 2.2 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 33 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.52 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 28 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 4.8 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 3.3 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 1 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 1 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.01 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.54 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.1 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.7 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 87 |
| Right | 95 |