1997 Honda Accord
midsize car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1994-97 models
Tested vehicle: 1995 Honda Accord LX 4-door
The Honda Accord was redesigned for the 1994 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 |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
There was moderate intrusion into the driver footwell area and moderate rearward movement of the instrument panel.
There was intrusion to the footwell area and the dummy's left foot finished jammed upward toward the tibia as far as it could go.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF95009 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 16 |
| Left (cm) | 25 |
| Center (cm) | 27 |
| Right (cm) | 23 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 22 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 7 |
| Right (cm) | 9 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 6 |
| Rearward (cm) | 9 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 3 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF95009 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 327 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | no contact |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.7 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 22 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.32 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 39 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.3 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 1.0 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 3 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 0 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.70 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.91 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.9 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 1.3 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 68 |
| Right | 63 |