Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1998-2003 models
Tested vehicle: 1998 Chevrolet S-10 LS 2wd
The Chevrolet S-10 and GMC Sonoma were redesigned for the 1994 model year. The Isuzu Hombre was introduced in 1996 and discontinued after the 2000 model year. For all three models, frontal airbags for both the driver and passenger became standard beginning with the 1998 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. After the dummy moved forward into the airbag, it rebounded toward the driver door, which had bowed outward, and its head nearly hit the windowsill. In addition, there was too much movement of the steering wheel. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
Post-crash damage shot.
The steering wheel moved back sharply, and the dummy rebounded toward the driver door, nearly hitting its head on the windowsill during the offset test.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF98004 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 29 |
| Left (cm) | 29 |
| Center (cm) | 26 |
| Right (cm) | 20 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 26 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 19 |
| Right (cm) | 15 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 2 |
| Rearward (cm) | 14 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 16 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF98004 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 281 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | no contact |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.7 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 25 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.35 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 33 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.9 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 5.9 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 5 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 12 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.93 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.56 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 3.6 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 5.4 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 109 |
| Right | 115 |