1997 Kia Sephia
small car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1996-97 models
Tested vehicle: 1997 Kia Sephia LS 4-door
The Kia Sephia was introduced in the 1993 model year. Frontal airbags for both the driver and passenger were introduced as options beginning late in the 1995 model year and became standard beginning with 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. Special stitching on the lap belt, designed to limit belt forces by tearing and lengthening the belt, allowed the dummy to move too much. Its head and shoulders went outside the driver door frame. Late in the crash, the dummy's head hit the B-pillar. There also was far too much upward movement of the steering wheel. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
Post-crash damage shot.
Deformation of the driver door plus lengthening of the safety belt allowed the dummy's head and shoulder to go outside the door frame during the offset test.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF97013 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 29 |
| Left (cm) | 35 |
| Center (cm) | 35 |
| Right (cm) | 28 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 25 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 12 |
| Right (cm) | 9 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 15 |
| Rearward (cm) | 5 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 18 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF97013 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 374 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | negligible |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 2.2 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 20 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.38 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 40 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 11.2 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 3.8 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 2 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 8 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.85 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.59 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 2.0 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.9 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 102 |
| Right | 149 |