2002 Subaru Legacy

midsize car / 4-door sedan

2002 Subaru Legacy 4-door sedan
2000 Subaru Legacy shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
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: 2000 Subaru Legacy L 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2000-04 models

The Subaru Legacy was redesigned for the 2000 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
A
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CF00005
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 7
Left (cm) 10
Center (cm) 18
Right (cm) 10
Brake pedal (cm) 14
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 0
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 0
Rearward (cm) 0
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CF00005
Head
HIC-15 209
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 2.1
Extension bending moment (Nm) 21
Maximum Nij 0.43
Chest maximum compression (mm) 32
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 2.5
Femur force - right (kN) 2.8
Knee displacement - left (mm) 8
Knee displacement - right (mm) 13
Maximum tibia index - left 0.53
Maximum tibia index - right 0.46
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.7
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.3
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 103
Right 62

About the original moderate overlap front test