1997 Honda Civic
small car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1996-2000 models
Tested vehicle: 1997 Honda Civic LX 4 dr
The Honda Civic was redesigned for the 1996 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 |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
The driver's survival space was maintained reasonably well, although there was moderate rearward movement of the instrument panel.
The restraint system effectively controlled the dummy's movement during the offset test.
Moderate intrusion into the footwell area bent the dummy's ankle sharply, and forces on the left tibia indicate the possibility of lower leg injury.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF97009 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 19 |
| Left (cm) | 24 |
| Center (cm) | 22 |
| Right (cm) | 18 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 17 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 7 |
| Right (cm) | 5 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 6 |
| Rearward (cm) | 6 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 5 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF97009 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 241 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 14 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 2.0 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 15 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.34 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 54 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.3 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 3.4 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 12 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 2 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.85 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.79 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 0.9 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 2.3 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 71 |
| Right | 107 |