2011 Nissan Cube

small car / 4-door wagon

2011 Nissan Cube 4-door wagon
2009 Nissan Cube shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G
Roof strength
G
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: 2009 Nissan Cube 1.8 S wagon
Rating applies to 2009-14 models

The Nissan Cube was introduced in the 2009 model year.

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 CEF0910
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 7
Left (cm) 10
Center (cm) 12
Right (cm) 12
Brake pedal (cm) 7
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 3
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 0
Rearward (cm) -3
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 2

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0910
Head
HIC-15 308
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Extension bending moment (Nm) 12
Maximum Nij 0.22
Chest maximum compression (mm) 31
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 3.8
Femur force - right (kN) 1.6
Knee displacement - left (mm) 7
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.48
Maximum tibia index - right 0.38
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 0.7
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 1.3
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 57
Right 62

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2009 Nissan Cube 1.8 S wagon with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2009-14 models

The Nissan Cube was introduced in the 2009 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
A
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0928
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -7.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0928
Head HIC-15 233
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.4
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 41
Lateral force (kN) 1.7
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 33
Average deflection (mm) 28
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.48
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.40
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 2.1
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.0
Combined force (kN) 2.7
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.6
L-M moment (Nm) 206
A-P moment (Nm) 34

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0928
Head HIC-15 192
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 39
Lateral force (kN) 1.4
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 38
Average deflection (mm) 28
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.13
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.67
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 2.9
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.3
Combined force (kN) 6.1
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.5
L-M moment (Nm) 97
A-P moment (Nm) 55

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2009 Nissan Cube 1.8 S wagon
Rating applies to 2009-14 models

Overall evaluation
G
Curb weight 2,833 lbs
Peak force 20,569 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 7.26

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) 44
Distance below top of head (mm) 28
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 11.8
Head contact time (ms) 62
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 3
Max neck tension (N) 410

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