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