This site is not affiliated with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. I am just a 19 year old man posting this. Data is taken from the publicly available NHTSA Database.
NOTE: Tests were conducted on 1979 model vehicles and may or may not be accurate to other model years.
Injury likelihoods are calculated by the best of my ability and may be off by a slight amount.
UPDATE DECEMBER 30, 2013 - These tests are being re-posted. Injury likelihoods are being re-calculated, and the later calculations should be judged to be more accurate than the calculations in this post.
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1979 Volkswagen Rabbit
Driver HIC: 1,024
Driver Chest: 63 G's
Passenger HIC: 429
Passenger Chest: 33 G's
Test Date: Tue, Jul. 10, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 38% Driver, 06% Passenger
Stars: 2 Driver, 5 Passenger
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1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe
Driver HIC: 998
Driver Chest: 58 G's
Passenger HIC: 799
Passenger Chest: 37 G's
Test Date: Tue, Jul. 24, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 33% Driver, 14% Passenger
Stars: 3 Driver, 4 Passenger
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1979 Toyota Celica
Driver HIC: 849
Driver Chest: 61 G's
Passenger HIC: 1,864
Passenger Chest: 59 G's
Test Date: Mon, Jul. 16, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 30% Driver, 85% Passenger
Stars: 3 Driver, 1 Passenger
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1979 Plymouth Champ
Driver HIC: 1,345
Driver Chest: 72 G's
Passenger HIC: 1,886
Passenger Chest: 66 G's
Test Date: Mon, May 21, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 64% Driver, 87% Passenger
Stars: 1 Driver, 1 Passenger
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1979 Datsun B210
Driver HIC: 1,314
Driver Chest: 69 G's
Passenger HIC: 1,848
Passenger Chest: 59 G's
Test Date: Thu, May 24, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 60% Driver, 84% Passenger
Stars: 1 Driver, 1 Passenger
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1979 Mercury Marquis
Driver HIC: 1,111
Driver Chest: 61 G's
Passenger HIC: 880
Passenger Chest: 42 G's
Test Date: Mon, Jun 11, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 41% Driver, 18% Passenger
Stars: 2 Driver, 4 Passenger
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1979 Buick Riviera
Driver HIC: 547
Driver Chest: 42 G's
Passenger HIC: 782
Passenger Chest: 39 G's
Test Date: Tue, Jun 12, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 10% Driver, 15% Passenger
Stars: 5 Driver, 4 Passenger
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1979 Plymouth Horizon
Driver HIC: 661
Driver Chest: 52 G's
Passenger HIC: 786
Passenger Chest: 39 G's
Test Date: Mon, Jul 09, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 19% Driver, 15% Passenger
Stars: 4 Driver, 4 Passenger
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1979 Ford LTD
Driver HIC: 1,452
Driver Chest: 38 G's
Passenger HIC: 617
Passenger Chest: 34 G's
Test Date: Fri, Sept 07, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 55% Driver, 09% Passenger
Stars: 1 Driver, 5 Passenger
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1979 Ford Granada
Driver HIC: 1,442
Driver Chest: 61 G's
Passenger HIC: 1,277
Passenger Chest: 56 G's
Test Date: Thu, Aug 30, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 62% Driver, 47% Passenger
Stars: 1 Driver, 1 Passenger
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1979 Dodge Magnum
Driver HIC: 646
Driver Chest: 39 G's
Passenger HIC: 730
Passenger Chest: 44 G's
Test Date: Thu, Sept 20, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 12% Driver, 14% Passenger
Stars: 4 Driver, 4 Passenger
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1979 Chevy Chevette
Driver HIC: 872
Driver Chest: 47 G's
Passenger HIC: 859
Passenger Chest: 45 G's
Test Date: Mon, Sept 17, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 21% Driver, 19% Passenger
Stars: 3 Driver, 4 Passenger
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1979 Ford Fairmont
Driver HIC: 941
Driver Chest: 54 G's
Passenger HIC: 1,585
Passenger Chest: 85 G's
Test Date: Wed, Sept 12, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 27% Driver, 85% Passenger
Stars: 3 Driver, 1 Passenger
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1979 Honda Civic
Driver HIC: 2,029
Driver Chest: 93 G's
Passenger HIC: 2,095
Passenger Chest: 46 G's
Test Date: Fri, Oct 19, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 97% Driver, 92% Passenger
Stars: 1 Driver, 1 Passenger
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1979 Ford Pinto
Driver HIC: 720
Driver Chest: 64 G's
Passenger HIC: 1,872
Passenger Chest: 51 G's
Test Date: Tue, May 22, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 32% Driver, 84% Passenger
Stars: 3 Driver, 1 Passenger
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1979 Mercury Capri
Driver HIC: unknown - high
Driver Chest: unknown
Passenger HIC: 770
Passenger Chest: 44 G's
Test Date: Fri, May 25, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: unknown Driver, 16% Passenger
Stars: unknown Driver, 4 Passenger
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1979 Dodge St. Regis
Driver HIC: 1,922
Driver Chest: 67 G's
Passenger HIC: 2,349
Passenger Chest: 50 G's
Test Date: Wed, Jun 27, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 89% Driver, 96% Passenger
Stars: 1 Driver, 1 Passenger
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1979 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight
Driver HIC: 925
Driver Chest: 59 G's
Passenger HIC: 1,712
Passenger Chest: 54 G's
Test Date: Wed, Jul. 18, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 30% Driver, 77% Passenger
Stars: 3 Driver, 1 Passenger
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1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass 2 Door
Driver HIC: 695
Driver Chest: 42 G's
Passenger HIC: 500
Passenger Chest: 40 G's
Test Date: Thu, Oct 11, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 14% Driver, 10% Passenger
Stars: 4 Driver, 5 Passenger
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1979 Chevrolet Camaro
Driver HIC: 969
Driver Chest: 42 G's
Passenger HIC: 1,306
Passenger Chest: 47 G's
Test Date: Wed, May 23, 1979
Severe Injury Likelihood: 21% Driver, 44% Passenger
Stars: 3 Driver, 2 Passenger
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1979 Peugeot 504
Driver HIC: 4,611
Driver Chest: 62 G's
Passenger HIC: 2,535
Passenger Chest: 43 G's
Test Date: Wed, Aug 27, 1980
Severe Injury Likelihood: 100% Driver, 98% Passenger
Stars: 1 Driver, 1 Passenger
This is the worst-performing vehicle in NHTSA crash test history.
