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Honda Accord

Rating
Score
ADULT OCCUPANT
*****
35
Front: 14.5
Side: 15.4
Seatbelt reminder: 3
Pole: 2
CHILD OCCUPANT
****
39
PEDESTRIAN
***
19


 
Adult occupant protection
Head: Good, Neck: Good, Chest: Good, Upper leg right: Good, Upper leg left: Good, Lower leg right: Adequate, Lower leg left: Adequate, Right foot: Good, Left foot: Good
Frontal impact driver
Head: Good, Neck: Good, Chest: Adequate, Upper leg right: Good, Upper leg left: Good, Lower leg right: Adequate, Lower leg left: Good
Frontal impact passenger
Head: Good, Chest: Adequate, Abdomen: Adequate, Pelvis: Good
Side impact driver

Child restraints
18 month old ChildBritax Roemer BabySafe ISOFIX Plus, rearward facing
3 year old ChildBritax Roemer Duo Plus ISOFIX, forward facing
Pedestrian protection

Pedestrian protection

Safety equipment
Front seatbelt pretensioners
Front seatbelt load limiters
Driver frontal airbag
Front passenger frontal airbag
Side body airbags
Side head airbags
Driver knee airbag
Car details
Tested modelHonda Accord 2.2 i-DTEC, ES-GT, RHD
Body type4 door saloon
Year of publication2008
Kerb weight1477kg
VIN from which rating appliesApplies to all applies Accords

Comments
Front impact
The passenger compartment remained stable during the impact. Dummy readings indicated that the knees and femurs of the driver and passenger were well protected. Honda showed that occupants of different sizes and those sitting in different positions would be similarly well protected. The passenger's chest was compressed more than the driver's and this value was used for the calculation of the rating.

Child occupant
Maximum points were scored for protection of the 3 year infant based on the dummy result from the impact tests. The passenger airbag can be disabled to allow a rearward-facing child restraint to be used in that position. However, information presented to the driver regarding the status of the airbag is not sufficiently clear. A warning label clearly warns of the danger of using a rearward facing child seat in the passenger seat without first disabling the airbag, but the information is not available in all European languages. The presence of ISOFIX anchorages in the rear outboard seats is not clearly marked.

Pedestrian
The bumper scored maximum points for the protection offered to pedestrians' legs in the area rated by Euro NCAP. However, additional tests showed that some areas beyond the central zone provided poor protection. Most of the zones tested in the area of the bonnet where a child's head might strike also scored maximum points. However, the front edge of the bonnet was rated as poor.

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