2004 Volvo S60

midsize luxury car / 4-door sedan

2004 Volvo S60 4-door sedan
2002 Volvo S60 shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Head restraints & seats
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: 2002 Volvo S60 4-door
Rating applies to 2001-09 models

The Volvo S60 was introduced in the 2001 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Leg/foot, left
A
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 CEF0204
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 9
Left (cm) 15
Center (cm) 17
Right (cm) 14
Brake pedal (cm) 12
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 0
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 2
Rearward (cm) 2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0204
Head
HIC-15 209
Peak gs at hard contact 48
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.1
Extension bending moment (Nm) 36
Maximum Nij 0.31
Chest maximum compression (mm) 34
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 2.9
Femur force - right (kN) 3.1
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.93
Maximum tibia index - right 0.70
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.0
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 5.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 70
Right 174

About the original moderate overlap front 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) 20
Distance below top of head (mm) 50
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 7.0
Head contact time (ms) 92
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 56
Max neck tension (N) 663

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