This blog is not affiliated with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in any way, shape, or form. Information is taken from the publicly viewable NHTSA Database. Crash tests posted on this blog were conducted between May 21, 1979 and August 17, 1989 at a speed of 35 miles per hour (56 kilometers per hour) into a solid wall with dummies restrained by the vehicle safety belt system. Tests were conducted on the model year vehicle listed in the post and may or may not be accurate for a differing model year. Injury measures are likely accurate to a plus or minus 2% range - for example, a 26% risk of injury is likely in the 24-28% range. The five star system used for 2010 and earlier crash tests is used.

Injury risk:
10% or less - 5 star rating
11% - 20% - 4 star rating
21% - 35% - 3 star rating
36% - 45% - 2 star rating
46% or more - 1 star rating

Saturday, December 28, 2013

1988 Toyota Corolla Hatchback NHTSA Crash Test

Driver HIC: 593
Driver Chest G: 42 G's
Passenger HIC: 397
Passenger Chest G: 40 G's

Severe Injury Risk: 11% Driver, 8% Passenger

4 Stars Driver
5 Stars Passenger

Test Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1988
Posted by at No comments:

1988 Toyota Tercel NHTSA Crash Test

Driver HIC: 1,005
Driver Chest G: 40 G's
Passenger HIC: 398
Passenger Chest G: 41 G's

Severe Injury Risk: 22% Driver, 8% Passenger

3 Stars Driver
5 Stars Passenger

Test Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1988
Posted by at No comments:

1988 Volkswagen Vanagon NHTSA Crash Test

Driver HIC: 1,320
Driver Chest G: 59 G's
Passenger HIC: 899
Passenger Chest G: 47 G's

Severe Injury Risk: 52% Driver, 20% Passenger

1 Star Driver
4 Stars Passenger

Test Date: Thursday, January 14, 1988
Posted by at No comments:

1988 Volkswagen Fox NHTSA Crash Test

Driver HIC: 1,114
Driver Chest G: 55 G's
Passenger HIC: 1,424
Passenger Chest G: 45 G's

Severe Injury Risk: 36% Driver, 54% Passenger

2 Stars Driver
1 Star Passenger

Test Date: Thursday, December 17, 1987
Posted by at No comments:

1988 Mercury Sable NHTSA Crash Test

Driver HIC: 712
Driver Chest G: 51 G's
Passenger HIC: 410
Passenger Chest G: 35 G's

Severe Injury Risk: 18% Driver, 6% Passenger

4 Stars Driver
5 Stars Passenger

Test Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1987
Posted by at No comments:

1988 Ford Taurus NHTSA Crash Test

Driver HIC: 707
Driver Chest G: 38 G's
Passenger HIC: 359
Passenger Chest G: 47 G's

Severe Injury Risk: 12% Driver, 12% Passenger

4 Stars Driver
4 Stars Passenger

Test Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1987
Posted by at No comments:

Friday, December 27, 2013

1987 Nissan Sentra NHTSA Crash Test

Driver HIC: 2,034
Driver Chest G: 61 G's
Passenger HIC: 799
Passenger Chest G: 39 G's

Severe Injury Risk: 92% Driver, 14% Passenger

1 Star Driver
4 Stars Passenger

Test Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1987

 This concludes the posting of 1987 model year NHTSA crash tests.
Posted by at No comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)