Moderate overlap front: original test
Tested vehicle: 2000 Buick LeSabre Custom 4-door
Rating applies to 2000-05 models built after April 1999
The Buick LeSabre and Pontiac Bonneville were redesigned for the 2000 model year, and the Oldsmobile Aurora was redesigned for 2001. All 2000 and later Buick LeSabre models manufactured after April 1999 include structural changes to improve occupant protection in frontal crashes. All Bonneville and Aurora models include these same improvements (note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on or near the driver door).
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated the crashworthiness of a LeSabre with the structural changes in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test into a deformable barrier.
The Oldsmobile Aurora was dropped after the 2003 model year, and the Buick LeSabre and Pontiac Bonneville were dropped after the 2005 model year. The LeSabre was replaced by the Buick Lucerne.
| 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 | |
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF99015 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 12 |
| Left (cm) | 18 |
| Center (cm) | 18 |
| Right (cm) | 15 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 9 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 3 |
| Right (cm) | 3 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 3 |
| Rearward (cm) | 2 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 5 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF99015 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 409 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 75 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.6 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 16 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.26 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 28 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 2.8 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 1.9 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 4 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 0 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.58 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.75 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 2.8 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.1 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 99 |
| Right | 128 |