1997 Hyundai Elantra
small car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1996-2000 models
Tested vehicle: 1997 Hyundai Elantra 4-door
The Hyundai Elantra was redesigned for the 1996 model year. Bumpers were improved starting with 1999 models.
| 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 was reasonably well controlled. During rebound, the dummy moved toward the driver door, which had bowed outward, and its head hit the B-pillar. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
The driver's survival space was maintained reasonably well, although there was more rearward movement of the instrument panel than is desirable.
Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the B-pillar. High head acceleration was recorded from this impact.
Rear bumpers on 1996-98 models allowed excessive damage in a 5 mph pole impact (left). Bumpers on 1999 and later models are much improved. They allowed virtually no damage in the same test (right).
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF97020 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 13 |
| Left (cm) | 22 |
| Center (cm) | 20 |
| Right (cm) | 15 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 10 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 8 |
| Right (cm) | 6 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 1 |
| Rearward (cm) | 5 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 8 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF97020 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 301 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 97 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 2.1 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 28 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.39 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 37 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.9 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 5.0 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 1 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 13 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.33 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.76 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.1 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 1.9 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 45 |
| Right | 66 |