2003 Ford Focus

small car / 4-door sedan

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria	Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test
Head restraints & seats

Key

G
Good
A
Acceptable
M
Marginal
P
Poor

Superior
Advanced
Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2000-07 models

Tested vehicle: 2000 Ford Focus SE 4-door

The Ford Focus was introduced in the 2000 model year and modestly restyled for the 2005 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

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.

Loading of the head into the airbag is shown in this photo taken during the crash test.

Footwell intrusion contributed to the possibility of injury to the lower left leg.

Technical measurements for this test

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CF00025
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm)	15
Left (cm)	20
Center (cm)	19
Right (cm)	17
Brake pedal (cm)	18
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm)	3
Right (cm)	3
Steering column movement
Upward (cm)	-1
Rearward (cm)	-2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm)	2

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CF00025
Head
HIC-15	183
Peak gs at hard contact	41
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.7
Extension bending moment (Nm)	35
Maximum Nij	0.28
Chest maximum compression (mm)	27
Legs
Femur force - left (kN)	4.9
Femur force - right (kN)	2.2
Knee displacement - left (mm)	2
Knee displacement - right (mm)	2
Maximum tibia index - left	0.81
Maximum tibia index - right	0.53
Tibia axial force - left (kN)	1.0
Tibia axial force - right (kN)	1.8
Foot acceleration (g)
Left	62
Right	55

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2000-07 models

Tested vehicle: 2005 Ford Focus ZX4 SE 4-door without optional side airbags

The Ford Focus was introduced in the 2000 model year and modestly restyled for the 2005 model year.

Evaluation criteria	Rating
Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Driver head protection The dummy's head was hit by the intruding barrier, producing high head injury measures.
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Rear passenger head protection The dummy's head was hit by the intruding barrier, as well as the window sill and window frame of the rear passenger door and the pillar behind the door. These impacts did not produce high head injury measures, but the head protection is inadequate.

View of the vehicle and barrier just after the crash test.

View of the vehicle after the crash with doors removed, showing damage to the occupant compartment.

Action shot taken during the side impact crash test showing the driver dummy's head being hit by the intruding barrier.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the rear passenger dummy's head was hit by the window sill and window frame of the rear passenger door and the pillar behind the door. The head was also hit by the intruding barrier (not shown).

Technical measurements for this test

Test ID	CES0417
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm)	1.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CES0417
Head HIC-15	1,161
Neck
Tension (kN)	2.7
Compression (kN)	1.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	68
Lateral force (kN)	3.7
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	58
Average deflection (mm)	47
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	7.67
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	1.80
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	3.1
Acetabulum force (kN)	3.7
Combined force (kN)	6.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	1.1
L-M moment (Nm)	123
A-P moment (Nm)	43

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CES0417
Head HIC-15	495
Neck
Tension (kN)	0.8
Compression (kN)	0.9
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	52
Lateral force (kN)	2.1
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	48
Average deflection (mm)	39
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	3.45
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.72
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	0.4
Acetabulum force (kN)	1.9
Combined force (kN)	1.9
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	2.0
L-M moment (Nm)	308
A-P moment (Nm)	38

About the original side crash test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: All seats

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry

Technical measurements for this test

Seat type	All seats
Geometry
Backset (mm)	58
Distance below top of head (mm)	35
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail	Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g)	12.8
Head contact time (ms)	98
Force rating	2
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N)	97
Max neck tension (N)	923

About the head restraint & seat test
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.