1999 Mitsubishi Mirage
small car / 4-door hatchback
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1997-2001 models
Tested vehicle: 1997 Mitsubishi Mirage DE 4-door
The Mitsubishi Mirage was redesigned for 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. There was too much upward movement of the steering wheel, which contributed to the dummy's head bottoming out the airbag and hitting the steering wheel. 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 wasn't maintained well, and upward movement of the steering wheel allowed the dummy's head to bottom out the airbag.
Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the B-pillar. High head acceleration was recorded from this impact.
Crumpling of the occupant compartment floor is evident, indicating excessive intrusion into the footwell area.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF97011 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 20 |
| Left (cm) | 31 |
| Center (cm) | 32 |
| Right (cm) | 24 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 22 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 11 |
| Right (cm) | 12 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 10 |
| Rearward (cm) | 8 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 12 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF97011 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 207 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 82 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.7 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 21 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.39 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 34 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.8 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 3.0 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 10 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 8 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.48 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.97 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.1 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.1 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 108 |
| Right | 150 |