Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 2016-19 models
Tested vehicle: 2016 Nissan Versa Note SV 4-door
The Nissan Versa hatchback was redesigned for the 2014 model year after a one-year absence from the market and renamed the Versa Note. Nissan believes the Versa Note is sufficiently different from the Versa 4-door sedan that the two variants do not share ratings. Beginning with 2016 models, the driver frontal airbag was changed to a simpler design with flexible venting technology.
Two tests of the Versa Note were conducted by Nissan, one of a 2014 model and the other of a 2016 model. Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute. As expected, the newer airbag did not contribute to any significant changes in test results. Therefore, the ratings are based on both tests, but vehicle specifications listed below are for the 2016 model.
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Leg/foot, left | |
| Leg/foot, right | |
| Driver restraints and dummy kinematics |
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | VTF1603 | VTF1313 |
|---|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | ||
| Footrest (cm) | 10 | 9 |
| Left (cm) | 13 | 13 |
| Center (cm) | 13 | 13 |
| Right (cm) | 14 | 13 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 5 | 7 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | ||
| Left (cm) | 6 | 1 |
| Right (cm) | 6 | 4 |
| Steering column movement | ||
| Upward (cm) | 6 | 7 |
| Rearward (cm) | -2 | 0 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 2 | 3 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | VTF1603 | VTF1313 |
|---|---|---|
| Head | ||
| HIC-15 | 355 | 428 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 93 | 81 |
| Neck | ||
| Tension (kN) | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 9 | 26 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.31 | 0.28 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 31 | 34 |
| Legs | ||
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.7 | 3.0 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 2 | 0 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 1 | 1 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.60 | 0.95 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | ||
| Left | 75 | 82 |
| Right | 68 | 175 |