Side: updated test
Rating applies to 2025 models
Tested vehicle: 2025 Kia Carnival EX 4-door
The Kia Carnival was introduced in the 2022 model year, replacing the Sedona nameplate in the Kia lineup. Beginning with 2025 models, structural reinforcements were added to the B-pillar, front and rear doors and rear seat railing. Side ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2025 Kia Carnival conducted by Hyundai/Kia.
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Torso | |
| Pelvis | |
| Driver head protection | |
| Rear passenger injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Torso | |
| Pelvis | |
| Rear passenger head protection | |
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | VTS2412 |
|---|---|
| B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) | -23.0 |
| Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline. | |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | VTS2412 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 53 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | no contact |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 0.8 |
| Compression (kN) | -0.3 |
| Shoulder | |
| Lateral deflection (mm) | 13 |
| Lateral force (kN) | 0.8 |
| Torso | |
| Maximum deflection (mm) | 29 |
| Average deflection (mm) | 25 |
| Maximum deflection rate (m/s) | 2.23 |
| Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) | 0.33 |
| Pelvis | |
| Combined force (kN) | 4.8 |
Passenger injury measures
| Test ID | VTS2412 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 186 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | no contact |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.1 |
| Compression (kN) | -0.3 |
| Shoulder | |
| Lateral deflection (mm) | 51 |
| Lateral force (kN) | 1.6 |
| Torso | |
| Maximum deflection (mm) | 50 |
| Average deflection (mm) | 41 |
| Maximum deflection rate (m/s) | 5.73 |
| Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) | 1.29 |
| Pelvis | |
| Combined force (kN) | 4.0 |