2003 Mitsubishi Galant
midsize car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1999-2003 models
Tested vehicle: 1999 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4-door
The Mitsubishi Galant was redesigned for the 1999 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 Dummy movement was reasonably well controlled. During rebound, the dummy's head moved down and toward the driver door. Then its head moved up, hitting the B-pillar and head restraint. |
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.
Moderate footwell intrusion contributed to the possibility of right leg injury.
Mitsubishi improved the 1999 Galant's rear bumper system, reducing damage in the rear-into-pole test from $1,651 (1995 model) to only $250.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF98019 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 17 |
| Left (cm) | 22 |
| Center (cm) | 25 |
| Right (cm) | 21 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 23 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 7 |
| Right (cm) | 7 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 8 |
| Rearward (cm) | 1 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 5 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF98019 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 336 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 18 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.9 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 18 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.34 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 30 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.3 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 1.8 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 3 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 1 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.59 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.67 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 3.0 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 5.6 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 112 |
| Right | 142 |