2012 Volvo C30

midsize car / 2-door hatchback

2012 Volvo C30 2-door hatchback
2010 Volvo C30 shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G
Roof strength
G
Head restraints & seats
G

Other available safety features

  • Optional blind spot detection

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 Volvo C30 T5 2-door
Rating applies to 2008-13 models

The Volvo C30 was introduced in the 2008 model year and discontinued after the 2013 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
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0906
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 5
Left (cm) 6
Center (cm) 8
Right (cm) 7
Brake pedal (cm) 5
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 3
Right (cm) 3
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 1
Rearward (cm) -2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 3

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0906
Head
HIC-15 234
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Extension bending moment (Nm) 15
Maximum Nij 0.20
Chest maximum compression (mm) 28
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.9
Femur force - right (kN) 1.4
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.22
Maximum tibia index - right 0.58
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.4
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.4
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 49
Right 52

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2009 Volvo C30 T5 2-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2008-13 models

The Volvo C30 was introduced in the 2008 model year and discontinued after the 2013 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
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 CES0910
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -9.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0910
Head HIC-15 274
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Compression (kN) 0.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 44
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 40
Average deflection (mm) 33
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.27
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.48
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.5
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.0
Combined force (kN) 4.0
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.2
L-M moment (Nm) 110
A-P moment (Nm) 47

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0910
Head HIC-15 310
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 31
Lateral force (kN) 1.1
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 37
Average deflection (mm) 24
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.79
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.59
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.5
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.6
Combined force (kN) 2.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.6
L-M moment (Nm) 117
A-P moment (Nm) 44

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2010 Volvo C30 T5 2-door
Rating applies to 2008-13 models

Overall evaluation
G
Curb weight 3,187 lbs
Peak force 13,613 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 4.27

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: All seats

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type All seats
Geometry
Backset (mm) 33
Distance below top of head (mm) 23
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 7.9
Head contact time (ms) 94
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 35
Max neck tension (N) 530

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