Ford Fusion 2002 Crash Test - 2005 Hatchback

Protection of the driver and passenger

Frosting, driver

Front Punch, Passenger

Side blow, driver

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily - Badly - Very bad

Children's holding devices

Child up to 18 months	Britax Roemer Baby-Safe, Life Back
Child older than 3 years	Britax Renaissance, face forward

Safety pedestrians

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily

Comments:

Fusion chassis and design are completely borrowed from the baby Fiesta, and in the crash test they behaved about the same. The passenger salon was durable, and only a small deformation was subjected to a frontal impact. The driver and front passenger underwent a small risk of chest damage due to the load transmitted by seat belts. To ensure the safety of the driver's knees, a lot of effort was made, but some threat of injury still remained. With lateral blow, the car showed a good result even for a model without side airbags. The protection of children is recognized as good, and pedestrians are standard for cars of this class.

Front punch:

Safety systems worked correctly, but the driver experienced heavy loads on its chest. The car body was durable and subjected to minimal deformation in the front panel area and leg niches. For any small car, the problem is to ensure the safety of the driver's knees: here the danger is the steering column and its casing. Despite the presence of protective elements, the experts recognized that the ignition lock and the steering wheel adjustment lever are dangerous for the drivers' knees and feet.

Security of passenger children:

Recommended by the manufacturer of children's chairs - "Forward the face" for 3 years and "against the direction of movement" for 18-month - they defended their heads' heads. However, the load on the chest of senior and chest and the junior neck with a frontal impact was high. The inscription warning about the inadmissibility of the installation of a children's chair "against the direction of movement" at the place of the front passenger with an active security pillow, turned out to be a durable, well thought out passenger and enshrined on both sides of the sunscreen visor. Passenger airbag switch is an option.

Side strike:

A large load was transferred to the chest driver, but even without a side cushion, the defense was normal. The ribs were injured from contact with the door, and the abdominal department - with a protruding armrest. On the lower roar department there was a load from the door sheat under the armrest.

Pedestrian safety:

The hood provides good protection of the head of a shot down child, as well as an adult, although the last little worse. The front edge of the hood also provides protection, but the bumper is not.

General information about the car

Roelf location	On right
Tested model	Ford Fusion 2, 1.4
Body type	5-door minivan
Year of data publishing	2003
Curb weight	1080
The results are valid for VIN, starting with ...	For all fusion

Safety systems:

Pretensels of front seat belts	There is
Front Belts Load Loaders	There is
Driver Front Airbag	There is
Passenger Front Airbag	There is
Side airbags	No
Side Head Airbags	No
Driver's knees and feet airbag	No