2008 Scion tC

small car / 2-door hatchback

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
A
Side: original test
A
Head restraints & seats
M

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 Scion tC 2-door
Rating applies to 2005-10 models

The Scion tC was introduced in the 2005 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
A
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
A
Chest
G
Leg/foot, left
G
Leg/foot, right
M
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0908
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 8
Left (cm) 11
Center (cm) 12
Right (cm) 7
Brake pedal (cm) 2
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 1
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 4
Rearward (cm) 0
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 2

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0908
Head
HIC-15 440
Peak gs at hard contact 81
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.2
Extension bending moment (Nm) 7
Maximum Nij 0.31
Chest maximum compression (mm) 0
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.8
Femur force - right (kN) 2.2
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.47
Maximum tibia index - right 1.09
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.1
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 4.7
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 64
Right 90

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2009 Scion tC 2-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2005-10 models

The Scion tC was introduced in the 2005 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
A
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
M
Pelvis/leg
G
Driver head protection
G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0912
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -12.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0912
Head HIC-15 546
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Compression (kN) 0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 34
Lateral force (kN) 3.0
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 32
Average deflection (mm) 23
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 9.88
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.95
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 3.8
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.2
Combined force (kN) 4.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.6
L-M moment (Nm) 237
A-P moment (Nm) 108

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0912
Head HIC-15 295
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.5
Compression (kN) 0.5
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 35
Lateral force (kN) 1.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 26
Average deflection (mm) 14
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.08
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.37
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.3
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.9
Combined force (kN) 1.9
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.3
L-M moment (Nm) 224
A-P moment (Nm) -52

About the original side crash test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual cloth seats

Overall evaluation
M
Dynamic rating
M
Seat/head restraint geometry
A
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Manual cloth seats
Geometry
Backset (mm) 48
Distance below top of head (mm) 66
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g) 11.1
Head contact time (ms) 90
Force rating 2
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 170
Max neck tension (N) 874

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