1998 Nissan Sentra
small car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1998-99 models
Tested vehicle: 1998 Nissan Sentra GXE 4-door
The Nissan Sentra was redesigned for the 1995 model year and structurally modified beginning with 1998 models to improve occupant protection in offset crashes.
| 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, then its head went through the open window and hit the B-pillar. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
Although the roof rail began to buckle, the driver's upper interior survival space was maintained reasonably well.
Footwell and instrument panel intrusion contributed to the risk of injury to the left leg/knee and trapped the right foot.
Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the B-pillar during the offset test. High head acceleration was recorded from this hit.
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF97021 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 15 |
| Left (cm) | 28 |
| Center (cm) | 26 |
| Right (cm) | 18 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 21 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 8 |
| Right (cm) | 4 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 6 |
| Rearward (cm) | 5 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 11 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF97021 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 280 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 85 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.8 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 19 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.35 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 38 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.3 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 2.0 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 16 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 7 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.00 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.60 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.5 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 2.9 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 95 |
| Right | 111 |