1999 Cadillac Catera
midsize luxury car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1997-2001 models
Tested vehicle: 1999 Cadillac Catera 4-door
The Cadillac Catera was introduced in the 1997 model year.
| Evaluation criteria | Rating |
|---|---|
| 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. The dummy's head bottomed out the airbag and hit the steering wheel. |
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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 reasonably well.
Dummies' knees and/or shins routinely hit and often damage the areas under the dashboard. These areas are smoothly padded and contoured in the Catera.
Despite moderate intrusion into the driver footwell area, injury measures on the lower legs and feet were low.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF99016 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 24 |
| Left (cm) | 21 |
| Center (cm) | 19 |
| Right (cm) | 16 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 11 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 7 |
| Right (cm) | 4 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 7 |
| Rearward (cm) | 5 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 3 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF99016 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 148 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 46 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.6 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 18 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.32 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 36 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.3 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 2.6 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 1 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 1 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.74 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.64 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 2.3 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.2 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 113 |
| Right | 68 |