Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1996-2000 models
Tested vehicle: 1997 Hyundai Elantra 4-door
The Hyundai Elantra was redesigned for the 1996 model year. Bumpers were improved starting with 1999 models.
| 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. During rebound, the dummy moved toward the driver door, which had bowed outward, and its head hit the B-pillar. | |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
The driver's survival space was maintained reasonably well, although there was more rearward movement of the instrument panel than is desirable.
Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the B-pillar. High head acceleration was recorded from this impact.
Rear bumpers on 1996-98 models allowed excessive damage in a 5 mph pole impact (left). Bumpers on 1999 and later models are much improved. They allowed virtually no damage in the same test (right).
Technical measurements for this test