1997 Land Rover Discovery
midsize SUV / 4-door SUV
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1994-99 models
Tested vehicle: 1996 Land Rover Discovery SD 4-door 4wd
The Land Rover Discovery was introduced in the 1994 model year. Production of this model continued until early in the 1999 model year, when it was re-engineered and renamed the Discover Series II.
| 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. After the dummy moved forward into the airbag, it rebounded into the seat without its head coming close to any stiff structure. There was too much upward movement of the steering wheel. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
Post-crash damage shot.
The airbag and lap/shoulder belt interacted with other vehicle parts in the offset test to control dummy movement reasonably well.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF96003 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 16 |
| Left (cm) | 24 |
| Center (cm) | 26 |
| Right (cm) | 26 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 11 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 9 |
| Right (cm) | 10 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 13 |
| Rearward (cm) | 5 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 7 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF96003 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 629 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | no contact |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.4 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 37 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.36 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 46 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.8 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 1.9 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 4 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 1 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.54 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.90 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 2.4 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 1.2 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 103 |
| Right | 54 |