1999 Kia Sephia/Spectra
small car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1998-2004 models built before December 2003
Tested vehicle: 1999 Kia Sephia 4-door
The Kia Sephia was redesigned for the 1998 model year. The Spectra was introduced for the 2000 model year as a hatchback version of the Sephia. Beginning with 2002 models, the Sephia name was replaced by the Spectra for both sedan and hatchback 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 wasn't well controlled. During rebound, the dummy moved toward the driver door. Its head went part of the way out the open window and hit the B-pillar. There was too much upward movement of the steering wheel. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
The driver's upper interior survival space was maintained reasonably well. However, there was too much upward movement of the steering wheel and too much intrusion into the driver footwell area.
A high head injury measure occurred when the dummy interacted with the airbag, indicating the possibility of injury.
Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the B-pillar during the offset test. The head acceleration was high, indicating the possibility of injury.
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF99008 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 18 |
| Left (cm) | 29 |
| Center (cm) | 34 |
| Right (cm) | 26 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 26 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 6 |
| Right (cm) | 6 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 10 |
| Rearward (cm) | 0 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 4 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF99008 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 821 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 124 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 2.3 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 29 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.38 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 38 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 2.3 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 3.8 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 4 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 5 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.15 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.12 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.5 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 2.6 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 74 |
| Right | 99 |