Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1994-95 models
Tested vehicle: 1995 Ford Taurus GL 4-door
The Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable were introduced in the 1986 model year. Frontal airbags for both the driver and passenger were introduced as options beginning with the 1992 model year and were made standard for the Sable in 1993 and for the Taurus in 1994.
| 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 dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained well.
The head restraints are poor. Even when they're adjusted to the highest position, they're too far below and behind the top of an average-size male's head to provide adequate protection in a rear-end crash.
Intrusion into the driver footwell area was minimal to moderate. Injury risk to the legs and feet was low.
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF95013 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 10 |
| Left (cm) | 13 |
| Center (cm) | 17 |
| Right (cm) | 15 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 13 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 4 |
| Right (cm) | 4 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 10 |
| Rearward (cm) | 1 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 4 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF95013 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 183 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 72 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.5 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 22 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.26 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 23 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.8 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 2.8 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 3 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 0 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.37 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.34 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 0.7 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 1.1 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 71 |
| Right | 52 |