2000 Volvo S80
large luxury car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 2000 models
Tested vehicle: 2000 Volvo S80 4-door
The Volvo S80 was introduced in the 1999 model year and modified beginning with 2000 models to include structural changes to improve occupant protection in frontal crashes.
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Leg/foot, left | |
| Leg/foot, right | |
| Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Dummy movement was well controlled. After the dummy moved forward into the airbag, it rebounded into the seat and then its head hit the B-pillar. However, hot gases escaping through vent holes in the driver airbag caused some melting of the vinyl "skin" on the dummy's hands, indicating the possibility of burn injuries. Also, in a separate 5 mph frontal impact without dummies in the car, both frontal airbags deployed. Such deployments not only are unnecessary in low-speed crashes but also may cause severe injuries to front-seat occupants positioned too close to the airbags. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained well.
Black residue on the dummy's hands indicates where there was contact with hot gases vented from the airbag. Additional testing showed these gases were hot enough to cause burns to drivers' hands.
Both frontal airbags deployed unexpectedly during a 5 mph frontal impact into a full-width barrier.
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF00007 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 10 |
| Left (cm) | 14 |
| Center (cm) | 17 |
| Right (cm) | 15 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 10 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 4 |
| Right (cm) | 2 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 3 |
| Rearward (cm) | 2 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 3 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF00007 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 188 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 26 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.3 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 38 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.33 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 33 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 2.2 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 3.7 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 0 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 0 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.44 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.70 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 0.9 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.2 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 54 |
| Right | 95 |