2011 Volvo XC60

midsize luxury SUV / 4-door SUV

2011 Volvo XC60 4-door SUV
2010 Volvo XC60 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
  • Optional lane departure warning

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: 2010 Volvo XC60 3.2 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2010-17 models

The Volvo XC60 was introduced in the 2010 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 CEF0916
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 3
Left (cm) 4
Center (cm) 4
Right (cm) 7
Brake pedal (cm) 3
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 1
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -1
Rearward (cm) -6
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0916
Head
HIC-15 188
Peak gs at hard contact 11
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Extension bending moment (Nm) 4
Maximum Nij 0.19
Chest maximum compression (mm) 39
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 2.1
Femur force - right (kN) 0.7
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.26
Maximum tibia index - right 0.68
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.2
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.8
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 44
Right 62

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2010 Volvo XC60 3.2 4-door 4wd with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2010-17 models

The Volvo XC60 was introduced in the 2010 model year.

During the test, the lower side seat trim was pushed against a service release button for the safety belt, which then detached from its anchor on the outboard side of the driver's seat. Although there was no unusual movement of the dummy, the dummy was not restrained during part of the crash event. Volvo has addressed the problem on models built after November 2009 and is issuing a recall to fix the belts on cars built earlier.

Cars built before the fix and subsequently not repaired would be rated only Acceptable and would not be eligible for TOP SAFETY PICK status.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
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 CES0927
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -22.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0927
Head HIC-15 85
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.7
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 30
Lateral force (kN) 1.2
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 32
Average deflection (mm) 25
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.37
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.48
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.0
Acetabulum force (kN) 0.9
Combined force (kN) 1.8
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.5
L-M moment (Nm) 33
A-P moment (Nm) -19

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0927
Head HIC-15 158
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.4
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 37
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 26
Average deflection (mm) 21
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.66
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.25
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.5
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.6
Combined force (kN) 3.0
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.3
L-M moment (Nm) 56
A-P moment (Nm) -20

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2010 Volvo XC60 3.2 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2010-17 models

Overall evaluation
G
Curb weight 4,172 lbs
Peak force 21,828 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 5.23

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) 34
Distance below top of head (mm) 6
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 8.2
Head contact time (ms) 84
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 20
Max neck tension (N) 328

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