Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1997-2004 models
Tested vehicle: 1998 Dodge Dakota Sport 4X2 p/u
The Dodge Dakota was redesigned for the 1997 model year.
| 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 wasn't well controlled. There was far too much upward movement of the steering wheel and floor buckling tilted the driver seat forward and toward the door. After the dummy moved forward into the airbag, it rebounded toward the driver door, and its head hit the inside of the door above the armrest. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
Post-crash damage shot.
Smeared greasepaint (inset photo at bottom right) indicates where the dummy's head dipped below the windowsill and hit the driver door during the offset test.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF98006 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 23 |
| Left (cm) | 18 |
| Center (cm) | 17 |
| Right (cm) | 15 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 16 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 8 |
| Right (cm) | 6 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 19 |
| Rearward (cm) | 5 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 6 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF98006 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 611 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 163 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 3.9 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 53 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.71 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 23 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 4.2 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 2.3 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 2 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 0 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.72 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.99 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 5.5 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 5.5 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 96 |
| Right | 76 |