1998 Saab 900
midsize luxury car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1995-98 models
Tested vehicle: 1995 Saab 900S 4-door
The Saab 900 was redesigned for the 1994 model year. The front seat belts were changed beginning with the 1995 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 wasn't well controlled. The dummy rotated around the left side of the airbag, and its head hit the bottom of the window frame. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
Structural weakness in the offset test is evident outside the car as well as inside.
The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test indicates the driver's survival space wasn't maintained well.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF95017 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 29 |
| Left (cm) | 34 |
| Center (cm) | 33 |
| Right (cm) | 27 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 21 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 17 |
| Right (cm) | 13 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 13 |
| Rearward (cm) | 13 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 21 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF95017 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 279 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 20 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.3 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 17 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.30 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 33 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.7 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 1.7 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 4 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 7 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.35 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.61 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 2.2 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 4.6 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 56 |
| Right | 143 |