Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1994-97 models
Tested vehicle: 1997 Cadillac Seville SLS 4-door
The Cadillac Seville was redesigned for the 1992 model year. Frontal airbags for both the driver and passenger became standard beginning with the 1993 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. During rebound, the dummy's head hit the window sill. There was too much rearward movement and far too much upward movement of the steering wheel. |
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 wasn't maintained well.
During rebound, the back of the dummy's head hit the window sill.
Smeared greasepaint shows where the dummy's head hit the window sill.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF97001 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 21 |
| Left (cm) | 31 |
| Center (cm) | 37 |
| Right (cm) | 31 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 31 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 16 |
| Right (cm) | 16 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 15 |
| Rearward (cm) | 11 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 9 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF97001 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 214 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 60 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.5 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 25 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.29 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 24 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.9 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 2.9 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 3 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 1 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.58 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.22 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.7 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.5 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 57 |
| Right | 86 |