1995 Saab 900
midsize luxury car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Tested vehicle: 1995 Saab 900S 4-door
Rating applies to 1995-98 models
The Saab 900 was redesigned for the 1994 model year. The front seat belts were changed beginning with the 1995 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. The dummy rotated around the left side of the airbag, and its head hit the bottom of 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 | CF95017 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 29 |
| Left (cm) | 34 |
| Center (cm) | 33 |
| Right (cm) | 27 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 21 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 17 |
| Right (cm) | 13 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 13 |
| Rearward (cm) | 13 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 21 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF95017 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 279 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 20 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.3 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 17 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.30 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 33 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.7 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 1.7 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 4 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 7 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.35 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.61 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 2.2 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 4.6 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 56 |
| Right | 143 |