2005 Volvo XC90

midsize luxury SUV / 4-door SUV

2005 Volvo XC90 4-door SUV
2003 Volvo XC90 shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Small overlap front: driver-side
G
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G
Roof strength
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.

Small overlap front: driver-side

Tested vehicle: 2014 Volvo XC90 3.2 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2003-14 models

The Volvo XC90 was introduced in the 2003 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
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 CEN1336
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 7
Footrest (cm) 4
Left toepan (cm) 3
Brake pedal (cm) 4
Parking brake (cm) 7
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 3
Upper occupant compartment
Steering column 1
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 5
Upper dash (cm) 4
Lower instrument panel (cm) 4

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEN1336
Head
HIC-15 62
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Extension bending moment (Nm) 7
Maximum Nij 0.19
Chest maximum compression (mm) 24
Femur (kN)
Left 3.2
Right 0.1
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 7
Right 0
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 1
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.44
Right 0.44
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 0.6
Right 0.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 42
Right 35

About the small overlap front test

Moderate overlap front: original test

Tested vehicle: 2003 Volvo XC90 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2003-14 models

The Volvo XC90 was introduced in the 2003 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 CEF0305
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 7
Left (cm) 10
Center (cm) 11
Right (cm) 11
Brake pedal (cm) 5
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 0
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -1
Rearward (cm) 0
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0305
Head
HIC-15 135
Peak gs at hard contact 27
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.4
Extension bending moment (Nm) 8
Maximum Nij 0.29
Chest maximum compression (mm) 38
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 6.3
Femur force - right (kN) 5.0
Knee displacement - left (mm) 3
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.34
Maximum tibia index - right 0.37
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.1
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.9
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 54
Right 93

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2006 Volvo XC90 4-door 4wd with standard head curtain airbags for all three rows of seats and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2005-14 models

The Volvo XC90 was introduced in the 2003 model year. Beginning with 2005 models, the side torso airbags were enlarged to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

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 CES0624
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -9.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0624
Head HIC-15 61
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 45
Lateral force (kN) 1.6
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 32
Average deflection (mm) 24
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 1.79
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.28
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.6
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.2
Combined force (kN) 2.8
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.2
L-M moment (Nm) 54
A-P moment (Nm) -24

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0624
Head HIC-15 28
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.4
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 25
Lateral force (kN) 1.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 21
Average deflection (mm) 17
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.74
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.28
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.1
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.4
Combined force (kN) 1.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.7
L-M moment (Nm) 137
A-P moment (Nm) -25

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2010 Volvo XC90 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2003-14 models

Overall evaluation
G
Curb weight 4,718 lbs
Peak force 21,274 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 4.51

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) 25
Distance below top of head (mm) 25
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 9.0
Head contact time (ms) 87
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 13
Max neck tension (N) 433

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