2003 Chevrolet Silverado Vs. 2002 Ford Focus NHTSA Full Frontal Impact

[Annihilator1111]

the engine on the 1998-2007 Chevrolet Silverado

Engine

4.3 L V6

4.8 L V8

6.0 L V8

[Annihilator1111]

the 1998-2007 Chevrolet Silverado was assembled in

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Flint, Michigan, United States

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Pontiac, Michigan, United States

Silao, Mexico

Caracas, Venezuela

[ericrasmussen9984]

Focus did great for a small car

[emersondavis]

I Don't Like Full Frontal Impacts. They ALMOST Never happen In Real Life.

[yellowmusicfreak]

Apparently all ya need to stop a 4500lb Chevy is a 2500lb Ford. About right;-)

[PineAppleEx420]

@yellowmusicfreak Correction: all you need to stop a tiny ford moving at 77km/h is a big chevy moving at only 52 km/h.

[toommyy100]

i didnt know the windsheild could flex like that with out breaking

[amokachi31]

@toommyy100 actually it was broken. but not disintegrated because of the mica layer which holds 2 thin glass layers from being disintegrated and cause the driver-passenger to be damaged by glass cuts.

[friedchicken1981]

@toommyy100 yup, windshields consist of 2 layers of glass glued together, so the special glue in the middle keeps them from breaking in blocks and minimize the risk of injuring the occupants :)

[TheDylanJoyce]

But will they Blend?

[yellowmusicfreak]

Apparently all you need to stop a 5000lb Chevy is a little 2500lb Focus...why even bother with a bigass truck? And to think people "feel safer"....biggest crash myth there is.

[PianoShapedObject]

@yellowmusicfreak They're both totaled but I don't think the driver of the truck is going to be feeling it in the morning quite so badly as the driver in the Focus.

[jwmckin08]

This test would've been more accurate if they had lined them up slightly off center than face to face.

[BadRoBi10]

SHIT WE HAVE THAT FORD :OO but were gonna get ford monedo the new one :D soo i hope i survive xD

[yellowmusicfreak]

@BadRoBi10 Small cars are as safe as anything in most cases, it's only when you get into collisions with...say...a bus that you need to worry...oh wait that applies no matter what you're driving since trucks are designed to be as fragile as cars today...

[Annihilator1111]

the 1998–2004 (Europe) 1999–2007 (North America) Ford Focus was assembled in

Saarlouis, Germany

Wayne, Michigan, United States

the 1998-2007 Chevrolet Silverado was assembled in

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Flint, Michigan, United States

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Pontiac, Michigan, United States

Silao, Mexico

Caracas, Venezuela

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

1800 HIC is the threshold for life threatening/serious injuries, above that is instant death.

[jaffacake1578]

amazing how that old focus withstood that, without the wheel even moving

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

@jaffacake1578 Yeah but the driver would have died, the passenger would have died or been in a coma.

[jaffacake1578]

@98MAzdaMilleniaS no, not really... the results of this test showed that some injuries were likely in the small old ford focus, but they would have survived!

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

@jaffacake1578 The Focus driver has a Head Injury Criterion measurement of nearly 3,000

[jaffacake1578]

@98MAzdaMilleniaS and what does that prove?

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

@jaffacake1578 Actually instant death is at 1,200 HIC, not 1,800. That proves that the forces onto the dummy's head were enough to kill you nearly 3 times over...

[jaffacake1578]

@98MAzdaMilleniaS ok, fine, but look at the speed... and besides, you cant beat the laws of physics, what i MAINLY meant was how well it held it's safety structure at this speed, for an old focus vs a massive pickup...

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

@jaffacake1578 The Civic coupe held up much better..... ;)

[jaffacake1578]

@98MAzdaMilleniaS yes, i know it did, besides the fact that a pickup is generally heavier and usually rides taller than the people carrier that hit the civic in the other test...

[whattheheck1000]

@98MAzdaMilleniaS 1,200 HIC is a 2 star NHTSA rating under the old scale. 2 stars means a 35-45 percent likelihood of severe injury. So 1,200 will seriously injure you, yes, and is the threshold for POSSIBLE death (1% likelihood)

1,800, on the other hand, is just enough to kill most people.

July 15, 2011 5:58 pm

[launchini100]

@jaffacake1578 Besides, the focus was crashed at higher speed than the civic crash test, check it out

[jaffacake1578]

@launchini100 yes i know... and the civic was up against a 'less harsh' car

[01Tobz]

DAMN like a good neighbor state farm is there

[KillanatorVids]

Big trucks and SUVs are safe if you hit another car, but not if you hit a pole or a wall..

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

@KillanatorVids

That's simply not true. The IIHS tests SUVs and trucks against a near solid concrete wall at 40 mph, just as they do with cars, replicating a similar size vehicle. The SUVs typically do better because it has larger crumple zones, meaning more room to slow down and less forces enacted on you, the driver.

[atlantaboy1122]

@98MAzdaMilleniaS iihs does an offset crash test and its not a concrete wall

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

@atlantaboy1122 I never stated otherwise and yes it is a concrete wall with a little block of aluminum to replicate the front end of a car and to absorb some of the energy.

[Atheist18505]

@98MAzdaMilleniaS IIHS, does not uses a "near solid concrete wall" in their frontal offest testing, it is an aluminium based barrier designed to crumple. also until recently SUV's/and Trucks did horrible in the IIHS testing, look at any of the pre 2005 models by all manufacture's. I have been trolling the IIHS website for a few years now, and until recently truck's where extremely dangerous, and unsafe in crash test's against solid object's/or similiar sized vehicles.

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

@Atheist18505 If you look closely, it is a CONCRETE wall, but has a small aluminum box replicating the absorbtion of another car's crumple zone. Saying it isn't a concrete wall is like saying my bumper hit another car, not my car.

[CarPro1993]

@Atheist18505

Even though IIHS's test seems more rigorous on structure, it doesn't do what NHTSA's test does. NHTSA's 35 Mp/h full frontal puts more stress on the occupants. You have a deformable vehicle and a non-deformable wall; the stop is much quicker thus putting high loads on the occupants. For a 1998 Nissan Sentra for example, the NHTSA tests resulted in quite high HIC levels (850-900) for the driver and passenger, while in the IIHS test the driver's HIC was about half (450).

[Atheist18505]

@CarPro1993 Yup agree, the NHTSA tests focus more on a vehicle's Active/Passive restraint systems. IIHS is more focused on vehicle's structural integrity, Both are good test's, the IIHS seems to test their vehicles on once, but NHTSA I believe per federal law must test at a min 15 times per vehicle. In my opinion cars are by far safer than trucks in most/all types of crashes. Thanks again for the video's man, as always subscribed.

[CarPro1993]

@Atheist18505

NHTSA's general testing for a vehicle is all done under FMVSS regulations. There are several different kinds of destructive testing. Under FMVSS 208, there is a 35 Mp/h Standard Full-Frontal and a 20-30 Mp/h Unbelted Full-Frontal. Under FMVSS 214, there is a Static door crush, a 52.5 Km/h Side Impact, 61.5 Km/h Standard Side Impact, and a 32 Km/h Standard Pole Test. Finally under FMVSS 301 there is the static rollover, 30 Mp/h Full-Rear, and a 50 Mp/h 70% offset rear impact.

[unreal3010]

@KillanatorVids if anything hits a pole or a wall its not good.

[KillanatorVids]

@unreal3010 I mean, a safe small-sized car is safer than an SUV if you hit a concrete object or if you roll over

[jgibson111]

These crash videos don't tell the whole story. Let's try it again...this time I get the Checy and my wife gets the Focus.

[SuperOldfart1]

clean up in ilse 3

[bigdogsdog]

The chevy's hood didnt get damaged at all!

[Octonuke]

Sayonara Focus

[Atheist18505]

Well the driver of the focus would most likely died any HIC >1800 is fatal.

[Emersonmundovideos]

oko coitado

[itsNards]

instead of crashing the silverado, you should of given it to me:)

[whattheheck1000]

eeek... even the Silverado's a bit unsafe...

[sublimedward]

@whattheheck1000 silverado did well, all cars are unsafe,, its hard to beat the g-force that kills you