1996 Nissan Maxima
midsize car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1995-96 models
Tested vehicle: 1995 Nissan Maxima GXE 4-door
The Nissan Maxima was redesigned for the 1995 model year and the Infiniti I30 was introduced in the 1996 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. The driver seat came loose on its tracks and moved forward 8.5 inches on the right side, where the safety belt is anchored, and 3 inches on the left side. Both legs jammed against the instrument panel. The right knee hit the ignition key, producing a gash in the vinyl "skin" of the dummy at its knee. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
Structural performance in the offset test was acceptable, but injury measures taken from the instrumented driver dummy during the crash were poor.
The dummy's knees jammed against the instrument panel, and there was a gash in the vinyl "skin" at the right knee.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF95012 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 19 |
| Left (cm) | 28 |
| Center (cm) | 28 |
| Right (cm) | 22 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 20 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 7 |
| Right (cm) | 3 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 11 |
| Rearward (cm) | 6 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 8 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF95012 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 549 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 88 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 2.7 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 16 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.52 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 25 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.2 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 5.9 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 8 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 14 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.42 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.44 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.6 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 6.6 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 106 |
| Right | 81 |