2007 Honda Civic

small car / 2-door coupe

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 2006-11 models

Tested vehicle: 2009 Honda Civic LX 2-door

The Honda Civic was redesigned for the 2006 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 very well.

Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the sunvisor, roof rail, and grab handle during rebound. Head accelerations from these hits were low.

Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal, and all leg and foot injury measures were low.

Technical measurements for this test

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CEF0904
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm)	8
Left (cm)	8
Center (cm)	8
Right (cm)	4
Brake pedal (cm)	7
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm)	1
Right (cm)	1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm)	3
Rearward (cm)	-1
A-pillar rearward movement (cm)	1

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CEF0904
Head
HIC-15	295
Peak gs at hard contact	25
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.2
Extension bending moment (Nm)	19
Maximum Nij	0.23
Chest maximum compression (mm)	33
Legs
Femur force - left (kN)	1.7
Femur force - right (kN)	1.1
Knee displacement - left (mm)	0
Knee displacement - right (mm)	0
Maximum tibia index - left	0.38
Maximum tibia index - right	0.71
Tibia axial force - left (kN)	1.7
Tibia axial force - right (kN)	2.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left	61
Right	45

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2006-11 models

Tested vehicle: 2009 Honda Civic LX 2-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags

The Honda Civic was redesigned for the 2006 model year.

Evaluation criteria	Rating
Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Driver head protection
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Rear passenger head protection

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

View of the vehicle after the crash with door removed, showing the side airbags and damage to the occupant compartment.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the driver dummy's head was protected from being hit by hard structures by the side airbags.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the rear passenger dummy’s head was protected by the side airbag.

Technical measurements for this test

Test ID	CES0907
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm)	-17.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CES0907
Head HIC-15	527
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.1
Compression (kN)	0.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	49
Lateral force (kN)	1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	49
Average deflection (mm)	44
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	4.19
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.92
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	3.1
Acetabulum force (kN)	2.5
Combined force (kN)	5.5
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	1.5
L-M moment (Nm)	134
A-P moment (Nm)	30

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CES0907
Head HIC-15	382
Neck
Tension (kN)	0.9
Compression (kN)	0.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	32
Lateral force (kN)	1.4
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	32
Average deflection (mm)	27
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	3.09
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.57
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	0.7
Acetabulum force (kN)	2.4
Combined force (kN)	3.0
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	0.3
L-M moment (Nm)	71
A-P moment (Nm)	35

About the original side crash test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: All seats AHR (except Si)

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry

Technical measurements for this test

Seat type	All seats AHR (except Si)
Geometry
Backset (mm)	32
Distance below top of head (mm)	35
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail	Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g)	12.3
Head contact time (ms)	60
Force rating	1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N)	30
Max neck tension (N)	545

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