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IIHS Low Speed Crash Results: Small SUV's

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 November 2001. 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
FORD ESCAPE
MAZDA TRIBUTE
      
2001 models $278 $572 $723 $492 $2,065 $516
HONDA CR-V      
1998 models $1,075 $826 $547 $1,063 $3,511 $878
HYUNDAI SANTA FE      
2001 models $520 $1,433 $1,432 $1,917 $5,302 $1,326
ISUZU AMIGO      
1998 models $715 $1,690 $1,532 $2,061 $5,998 $1,500
JEEP CHEROKEE      
1998 models $645 $820 $1,429 $1,543 $4,437 $1,109
JEEP WRANGLER      
1998 models $0 $1,378 $444 $1,207 $3,029 $757
KIA SPORTAGE      
1998 models $760 $2,808 $1,254 $2,962 $7,784 $1,946
SUBARU FORESTER      
1998 models $10 $0 $885 $1,442 $2,337 $584
SUZUKI GRAND VITARA      
1999 models $303 $1,578 $1,374 $2,541 $5,799 $1,450
TOYOTA RAV4 
2001 models $1,584 $2,596 $1,007 $2,634 $7,821 $1,955
1998 models $486 $1,863 $1,111 $2,341 $5,801 $1,450

Other low-speed results
Small utility vehicles frontal offset crash tests summary


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