1998 Mitsubishi Mirage
small car / 4-door hatchback
Moderate overlap front: original test
Tested vehicle: 1997 Mitsubishi Mirage DE 4-door
Rating applies to 1997-2001 models
The Mitsubishi Mirage was redesigned for the 1997 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 wasn't well controlled. There was too much upward movement of the steering wheel, which contributed to the dummy's head bottoming out the airbag and hitting the steering wheel. During rebound, the dummy moved toward the driver door, which had bowed outward, and its head hit the B-pillar. |
|
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF97011 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 20 |
| Left (cm) | 31 |
| Center (cm) | 32 |
| Right (cm) | 24 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 22 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 11 |
| Right (cm) | 12 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 10 |
| Rearward (cm) | 8 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 12 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF97011 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 207 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 82 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.7 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 21 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.39 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 34 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.8 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 3.0 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 10 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 8 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.48 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.97 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.1 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.1 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 108 |
| Right | 150 |