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IIHS:Low-Speed Crash Results:Passanger Vans

Damage Repair Costs in Four Low-Speed Crash Tests at 5 MPH:
PASSENGER VANS

Bumpers should protect car bodies from damage in low-speed collisions, the kind that frequently occur in congested urban traffic. But many don't. The Institute conducts four 5 mph crash tests to assess bumper performance: front-into-flat-barrier, rear-into-flat-barrier, front-into-angle-barrier, and rear-into-pole. Vehicles are listed in alphabetical order by manufacturer.

NOTE: Repair costs are as of January 2002. Where two or more models are grouped together on the same line, bumper tests were conducted on the model listed first.

  Front
into
flat
barrier
Rear
into
flat
barrier
Front
into
angle
barrier
Rear
into
pole
All
four
tests
Average
damage
per test
CHEVROLET ASTRO
GMC SAFARI
      
1996 models $1,667 $931 $2,096 $1,162 $5,856 $1,464
DODGE GRAND CARAVAN
CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY
 
2001 models $350 $902 $760 $2,449 $4,461 $1,115
1996 models $884 $442 $1,266 $2,191 $4,783 $1,196
FORD WINDSTAR 
1999 models $367 $0 $372 $1,283 $2,022 $506
1995 models $0 $89 $929 $1,417 $2,435 $609
HONDA ODYSSEY 
1999 models $482 $270 $149 $179 $1,080 $270
1996 models $93 $536 $1,143 $628 $2,400 $600
KIA SEDONA  
2002 models *$4,305 $1,246 $1,225 $2,971 $9,747 $2,437
MAZDA MPV 
2000 models $1,575 $959 $1,498 $1,138 $5,170 $1,293
1996 models $715 $1,330 $1,499 $587 $4,131 $1,033
NISSAN QUEST
MERCURY VILLAGER
 
1999 models $0 $361 $722 $304 $1,387 $347
1996 models $534 $0 $688 $1,673 $2,895 $724
PONTIAC TRANS SPORT
OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE
CHEVROLET VENTURE
      
1997 models $668 $451 $1,040 $2,810 $4,969 $1,242
TOYOTA SIENNA      
1998 models $466 $138 $719 $987 $2,310 $578

*Includes cost to replace airbags, which deployed.


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