MSN Autos acquires crash test data provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). These organizations provide data for specific types of tests, which are valuable to consumers and worth observing.
NHTSA Frontal Crash Test
NHTSA rates crash-tested vehicles by assigning them one to five stars, with five stars indicating the most injury protection and one star indicating the least protection.
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Kia Spectra 4-Door
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Driver Front
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Passenger Front
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NHTSA Side Crash Test
NHTSA rates crash-tested vehicles by assigning them one to five stars, with five stars indicating the most injury protection and one star indicating the least protection.
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Kia Spectra 4-Door
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Front Side
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Rear Side
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Each vehicle’s frontal offset crashworthiness is based on performance in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test. Ratings depend on how well the structure/safety cage protects the occupant compartment, the risk of injury measured for an average-sized male, and how well the restraint system controls occupant movement.
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Good |
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A |
Acceptable |
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M |
Marginal |
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P |
Poor |
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IIHS Frontal Offset Crash Video
IIHS Frontal Offset Crash Photos
 | | Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test. |
| |  | | Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test. |
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 | | The driver's upper interior survival space was maintained reasonably well. However, there was too much upward movement of the steering wheel and too much intrusion into the driver footwell area. |
| |  | | The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test of the 2004 model indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained well. |
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 | | A high head injury measure occurred when the dummy interacted with the airbag, indicating the possibility of injury. |
| |  | | The dummy's head hit the steering wheel through the airbag, producing a high head acceleration. |
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 | | Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the B-pillar during the offset test. The head acceleration was high, indicating the possibility of injury. |
| |  | | Forces on both lower legs were high enough to indicate the possibility of injuries. |
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The crashworthiness data for this vehicle has been obtained from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and is protected by copyrights
and other proprietary rights. You may reproduce a copy of the data for personal use only. You may not repost, distribute, sell, publish, broadcast, or any other way commercially exploit any of the data without written permission from the Institute.
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