Crash Test Opel Frontera Universal 1998 - 2004 SUV

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	Kiddy 2000, face forward
Child older than 3 years	Kiddy 2000, face forward

Safety pedestrians

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily

Comments:

By the time testing, the Frontera design was already obsolete and could not adequately withstand the frontal blow. However, the height of the car helped him to ensure an acceptable level of protection during lateral impact. The frontal blow greatly damaged the Body of the SUV, as a result of which he lost the integrity. The steering wheel shifted back by creating the risk of damage to the driver's chest. He also risked to get injured legs. Children's chairs could not protect their saddles. Protection of pedestrians is weak, when creating a car, a little attention was paid to this question.

Front punch:

The danger to the driver was represented by the deformation of the body around the driver. The body of the car lost the integrity, and the deepening for the legs was very deformed, the pedals were very shifted back, creating a threat to the feet of the driver. In the front panel, rigid elements were found, which are dangerous for the drivers' knees, although the rod of the passenger knee is safe. The central seat of the seat of the seats is equipped with a belt seat belt, providing worse protection compared to three-point.

Security of passenger children:

Both children were placed in the same Opel chairs. Experts noted that, although the protective scrolles are included in the package, clear indications for their use with safety belts was not. The instructions on the chairs themselves are unreliable. It was difficult to estimate the protection of the heads of young passengers with the front and lateral blows, so all doubts were interpreted in favor of Frontera. However, the blow strength acting on children was relatively high with a frontal impact, so the level of protection remained in question.

Side strike:

A large car height means that the point of impact of the passenger car accounts for the driver's location. Therefore, although the tested sample was not equipped with airbags, the driver's defense was sufficient.

Pedestrian safety:

Pedestrian protection turned out to be very bad. The design of the car was obsolete, and the experts recommended the manufacturer to work in this area when creating the next generation of the model.

General information about the car

Roelf location	On right
Tested model	Opel Frontera 2.2 DTL 16V
Body type	5-door SUV
Year of data publishing	2002
Curb weight	1820

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