1998 Toyota Corolla

small car / 4-door sedan

1998 Toyota Corolla 4-door sedan

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
A

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: 1998 Toyota Corolla LE 4-door
Rating applies to 1998-2002 models

The Toyota Corolla and Chevrolet Prizm were redesigned for the 1998 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
A
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Leg/foot, left
M
Leg/foot, right
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
Dummy movement wasn't well controlled. During rebound, the dummy's head leaned leftward, through the open window, and hit the B-pillar. There was too much upward movement of the steering wheel.
M
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CF97022
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 11
Left (cm) 20
Center (cm) 17
Right (cm) 14
Brake pedal (cm) 18
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 6
Right (cm) 8
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 11
Rearward (cm) 4
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 3

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CF97022
Head
HIC-15 318
Peak gs at hard contact negligible
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.8
Extension bending moment (Nm) 18
Maximum Nij 0.33
Chest maximum compression (mm) 41
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 3.3
Femur force - right (kN) 4.0
Knee displacement - left (mm) 2
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 1.03
Maximum tibia index - right 0.44
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.3
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.4
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 71
Right 58

About the original moderate overlap front test