2000 Saturn L Series
midsize car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 2000-05 models
Tested vehicle: 2000 Saturn LS2 4-door
The Saturn L Series was introduced in the 2000 model year and discontinued after a limited number of 2005 models were manufactured.
| 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 from the airbag, the dummy moved toward the driver door, and its head went partway through the open window. Then the head moved back in and hit the B-pillar and top of the door opening. |
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 likelihood of right leg injury.
Damage was minimal in a 5 mph rear-into-pole impact.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF99022 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 17 |
| Left (cm) | 20 |
| Center (cm) | 18 |
| Right (cm) | 19 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 14 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 5 |
| Right (cm) | 4 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 7 |
| Rearward (cm) | 0 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 3 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF99022 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 236 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | negligible |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.8 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 17 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.32 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 28 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 4.5 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 1.5 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 2 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 6 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.68 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.42 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.1 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 5.7 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 101 |
| Right | 138 |